What will it be? Throughout the weekend, rumours were rife on the Web that when Apple unveils its new notebook line-up on Tuesday, it will announce that some, at least of the new portable Mac range, will shift from an Intel chipset to NVIDIA s competing platform probably the MCP79.
The core processor is expected to remain an Intel product (Apple shifted from the Power PC to the Intel family in 2006) but by opting for the satellite of associated chips from a graphics player, Apple might beef up the performance of its new machines in the vital area of gaming.
Apple Insider , a well informed but unofficial source of Apple news, says that if as expected, Apple augments its larger-screen-sized laptops with an entry in the 13-inch or smaller form factor, it will almost certainly plump for the NVIDIA platform rather than Intel s Centrino 2 Montevina . The Insider s hunch is backed by many other Apple watchers. The shift will reduce the number of chips in the set from two to one and also enable Apple to tout NVIDIA s GeForce-class graphics.
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