Photos of Claimed New 15-Inch MacBook Pro Logic Board Show NVIDIA GT 650M, Retained Layout# Apple - 家有苹果
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M.I.C. gadget points to a pair of posts from Chinese forum WeiPhone.com
showing portions of what is claimed to be the logic board and graphic
hardware from the next-generation 15-inch MacBook Pro set to be introduced
tomorrow.
New MacBook Pro logic board with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (left) and current
MacBook Pro logic board (right)
The images show an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics chip and 1 GB of GDDR5
graphics memory, which many have expected would make an appearance in the
new MacBook Pro. Interestingly, the posters have also compared the leaked
photos with the logic board of the current MacBook Pro, finding the layouts
to be nearly identical all the way down to the screw holes on the board.
New MacBook Pro logic board with 1 GB GDDR5 graphic memory (left) and
current MacBook Pro logic board (right)
One of the reports also claims that the new 15-inch MacBook Pro will arrive
with 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz chip options on stock models, with a 2.7 GHz chip
available as a high-end custom configuration. The exact chips to be offered
are not detailed by the poster, but some attempts at matching up to Intel's
Ivy Bridge offerings can be made.
At the 2.3 GHz level, Apple would have its choice of the Core i7-3610QM or
Core i7-3615QM. For a 2.5 GHz chip, the only appropriate Ivy Bridge
processor currently available is a dual-core Core i5-3210M, which would
actually be the low-end chip. And at the high end, Apple would apparently
be offering the Core i7-3820QM as had been seen in benchmarks that appeared
last month.
Apple has been widely rumored to be introducing a redesign MacBook Pro with
a Retina display and a thinner profile. But if the leaked photos are
genuine they may indicate that no redesign of the body is forthcoming, as
Apple would be expected to make significant changes to the logic board to
accommodate rearranged internals in a thinner enclosure.
An alternative explanation relates to claims put forth late last week by KGI
Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who indicated that a thinner, Retina-
capable Mac notebook would appear as a third member of the MacBook family
with Apple continuing to offer the existing MacBook Pro alongside the new
model for the time being. In that case, these leaked photos could represent
the updated version of the current MacBook Pro with the new notebook still
remaining under wraps.
M.I.C. gadget points to a pair of posts from Chinese forum WeiPhone.com
showing portions of what is claimed to be the logic board and graphic
hardware from the next-generation 15-inch MacBook Pro set to be introduced
tomorrow.
New MacBook Pro logic board with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (left) and current
MacBook Pro logic board (right)
The images show an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics chip and 1 GB of GDDR5
graphics memory, which many have expected would make an appearance in the
new MacBook Pro. Interestingly, the posters have also compared the leaked
photos with the logic board of the current MacBook Pro, finding the layouts
to be nearly identical all the way down to the screw holes on the board.
New MacBook Pro logic board with 1 GB GDDR5 graphic memory (left) and
current MacBook Pro logic board (right)
One of the reports also claims that the new 15-inch MacBook Pro will arrive
with 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz chip options on stock models, with a 2.7 GHz chip
available as a high-end custom configuration. The exact chips to be offered
are not detailed by the poster, but some attempts at matching up to Intel's
Ivy Bridge offerings can be made.
At the 2.3 GHz level, Apple would have its choice of the Core i7-3610QM or
Core i7-3615QM. For a 2.5 GHz chip, the only appropriate Ivy Bridge
processor currently available is a dual-core Core i5-3210M, which would
actually be the low-end chip. And at the high end, Apple would apparently
be offering the Core i7-3820QM as had been seen in benchmarks that appeared
last month.
Apple has been widely rumored to be introducing a redesign MacBook Pro with
a Retina display and a thinner profile. But if the leaked photos are
genuine they may indicate that no redesign of the body is forthcoming, as
Apple would be expected to make significant changes to the logic board to
accommodate rearranged internals in a thinner enclosure.
An alternative explanation relates to claims put forth late last week by KGI
Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who indicated that a thinner, Retina-
capable Mac notebook would appear as a third member of the MacBook family
with Apple continuing to offer the existing MacBook Pro alongside the new
model for the time being. In that case, these leaked photos could represent
the updated version of the current MacBook Pro with the new notebook still
remaining under wraps.