Ultra-thin notebooks with Intel Core i-series

Think about it. Having a notebook as thin as CD-case and yet desktop powerful. It's now possible with Intel's Core i-series ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) processors. The new 32nm Nehalam chips will have 32% performance boost that previous ULVs with 20% power reduction than standard core processors and 32% smaller. These new chips will also include integrated high-definition graphics capabilities and will use Intel's Turbo Boost technology for those performance boost when needed. We should expect notebooks with these processor from Acer, Asus, Lenovo and MSI soon.

Via: ZDNet UK and Intel

MBP Core i7 can even fry eggs!

The MacBook Pro equipped with Core i7-620M processor can turn up the heat, literally. During PC Authority recent stress test of Apple's latest MBP line up, they noticed that the shiny silver notebook get pretty hot; hot enough to be hazardous. Running Maxon's Cinebench 11.5 caused the temperature to go as high as 95 degrees Celsius on round one and it went even higher on round two at whopping 101°C. I wouldn't want that thing on my lap at that time. It's buddy, the Fujitsu Lifebook SH 760 with the same processor was 20°C cooler at 81°C, and it was even cooler to the touch. Hopefully Apple will do something about these temperatures before someone get fried.

Edit: On the side note, notice that the processor screencap for Fujitsu's notebook was a Core i5?


Via: PC Authority

MacBook Pro 15" Core i5 - stripped!

Our friends at iFixit.com has toredown many MacBook Pro to date and they're not gonna stop! Even the new MBP Core i5 is not spared!

MacBook Pro - now with i5 and i7

The MacBook Pro, finally with Core i5 and i7.