I wonder if this article or one like is the one you're referring to: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/18/ intel_gets_official_on_nehalem_architecture_successor_to_penryn.html the description of this chip made my inner geek break out in a sweat...sounds great...not sure what's better, the 8 cores, or the super-low power consumption... wish there were more hint as to WHEN this marvel will be released to the Mac world.. On Mar 17, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Peter Saint James wrote: > > An article I read recently predicted a new generation of chips > sometime this year and also a new superdrive that will play Blu > ray. From the tone of the article, I would give it about a 50 > percent chance of being correct. Unfortunately, I can't come up > with a location for the article. >