On 19 March2008, at 3:45 PM, nk wrote: > 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.. That's not the article I saw, but the information seems to correlate. The one I saw mentioned the third quarter of 2008. The author seemed to think it would be announced in June. That sounds a bit fishy to me, but possible. While my inner geek didn't break out in a sweat, it certainly sat up and took notice. Peter