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    How Can You Tell Whether You Have Penryn?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Koralan, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. Koralan

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    I was going to order a new MBP but was wondering how you know if you are getting a Penryn notebook or an old chip one
     
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    penryn is the t8xxx or t9xxx or the x9000 series
     
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    Well, if you are ordering any MBP above the base model, then it'll be 2.5 GHz, which was not previously offered, so that would be the immediate telltale sign.

    If you are ordering the base model MBP, well, you can look at the model number, like th3v0!d said. The previous Core 2 Duos were T7xxx, and the new ones are T8300 for the 2.4 GHz on the new Penryn MBPs.
     
    Sam, Mar 10, 2008
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