Digitimes published some information obtained from different notebook manufacturers.
Intel should launch its new platform entitled Calpella between September 29th and October 23rd. They will release at the same time 3 new quad core CPUs whose clock speed will range between 1.6 and 2.0 GHz. We do not think that Apple will use such CPU. Of course, having a quad core iMac or MacBook Pro might be interesting, but with such low frequency it might not be such a performance gain as most application remain at best optimized for 2 cores.
Things should become more interesting in Q1 2010 as the first Arrandale CPU (engraved at 32 nm with integrated GPU) should be launched, and it could be a perfect timing for Apple for refreshing the current MacBook Pro offer, as well as the MacBook air.
