New iMacs overclocked, not next-gen
- April 28th, 2008
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Apparently, the processors in the new iMacs released today by apple aren’t anything new. The iMacs are able to reach speeds of 3.06GHz because they are an overclocked version of chips from Intel’s current line. The mainboards are still based on the Santa Rosa chipset found in the previous iMacs. There was some speculation over whether the new iMacs were going to be the first machines to use Intel’s upcoming Centrino 2, Montevina, chips, which doesn’t seem to be the case. This is not the first time Apple has used overclocked chips in their computers.
Wayne Schulz (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Regardless of what they’ve done to the innards, an Apple refresh almost always means one thing — cheap refurbs.
For the next day or two they’ll probably have 30%-40% off the “older” model iMacs as they move them out of inventory.
By way of comparison, I checked the Refurb stock the night before the refresh and 17% was the larges discount percent on the iMac refurbs (current generation).
Partners in Grime (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Isn’t the 3.06 GHz Core 2 an Extreme X9100 from Intel’s forthcoming Montevina family?