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    iMac - please clarify something for me please

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by talin, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    I was just looking around at the apple site, and noticed the iMac has a 1066Mhz FSB processor and supports 800Mhz RAM. Is that a custom (overclocked) chipset/cpu from intel, or did apple get an early montevina release? :confused:
     
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    I don't think it was ever properly addressed...but the iMac had some sort of different Intel stuff that wasn't released for elsewhere. Intel didn't say it was Montevina though.
     
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  3. talin

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    So like the apple macbook air chip they recieved from intel, I see now. :)
    So any montevina "upgrade" (if there is any for iMac) would be pointless in waiting for. :)
     
    talin, Jul 31, 2008
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    It's just apple. No montevina for apples, atleast not out yet i believe.
     
    KrieGLoCK, Jul 31, 2008
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  5. Sam

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    Yeah, Apple + Intel has an amazingly strong relationship. Its all good, if you ask me...benefits the consumer. The Apple consumer at least.
     
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    [sidenote]
    Which is why I don't think apple will stop using intel chips/chipsets.
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    Thanks for more clarification on that Sam. :) Hmm, hope it's not just some overclocked chipset/cpu then. :\
     
    talin, Jul 31, 2008
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    I believe it was quietly confirmed by Intel that the iMac does not use Montevina and in fact uses an overclocked Santa Rosa chipset. Not really a special design, just better binning to sort the higher quality chips capable of overclocking. The mobile 965 chipset is based on the desktop 965 chipset anyways which supports 1066MHz FSB and DDR2 800. The mobile 965 just holds back to meet power consumption expections in a notebook, but of course the iMac is a semi-desktop so it isn't as big a concern. Apple would probably have wanted them to not comment, but Intel had to reassure other OEMs that Apple wasn't getting Montevina in advance.
     
    ltcommander_data, Jul 31, 2008
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  8. talin

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    Ah I see. Makes sense to me. :)
     
    talin, Jul 31, 2008
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