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Mid-2010 MBP With i5 Is Still Running 32-bit Kernel & Extensions
Look at the second line from the bottom, which BTW is mind boggling. Why would Apple, of all tech companies, take the latest 64 bit processor from Intel, and then run the OS in 32 bits on it. While I have not tested with the i7, I presume that the results would be the same, […]
Mid-2010 MBP 17″ (i5) with 128 GB Apple SSD
My new 17″ Mac Book Pro showed up this morning. I had ordered the 128 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) with the laptop, and I have not yet played with it much, but it boots in just a few seconds. Check out the boot video below: The drive appears as: It has the following xbench […]
Apple Updates Mac Book Pro Line
This morning, Apple updated the Mac Book Pro line. Surprisingly, they decided not to offer the Quad Core of Intel i7 processors (i7-820QM, or i7-720QM). Instead, they are offering the dual core i7-620QM or the i5-540QM. The difference between i7-720QM and i5-620QM is 4 MB vs. 3 MB of smart on-board cache and 2.66 GHz […]
4-Core MacBook Pro Coming
According to MacRumors.com, the 4-core MacBook Pro sporting Intel’s i5 and/or i7 mobile CPUs will be introduced this coming week. These CPUs were introduced by Intel in January, code named Arrandale, and subsequently, every laptop manufacturer under the sun brought out products using these CPUs, except Apple. Speculation on the street was that Apple’s engineering […]
MBP 17″ Lid Switch Issues
My MacBook Pro 17″ has the common issue of waking up from sleep during transportation. Despite owning it for 7-8 months, I did not want to take it back as it is a relatively common problem with many people reporting that taking it back did not resolve this issue. To avoid shutting it down, I […]