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11:09PM Danny Allen | The Core i5 iMacs are fast, but early benchmarks of the Core i7 model suggest a 35 per cent performance boost, even though upgrade only costs $US200 extra. Timon-Royer’s telling graph uses results from the Geekbench Website. [Timon-Royer via MacRumors]
27-inch iMac Benchmarks: Core i7 Vs. Core i5
11:09PM Danny Allen | The Core i5 iMacs are fast, but early benchmarks of the Core i7 model suggest a 35 per cent performance boost, even though upgrade only costs $US200 extra. Timon-Royer’s telling graph uses results from the Geekbench Website. [Timon-Royer via MacRumors] 
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First Of The Quad Core i5 iMac Benchmarks
10:32AM Brian Lam | Electronista has benchmarked the new Quad Core i5 chips in the new iMac, and comparing his scores to mine, its pretty clear we’ve got almost two times some scores in some CPU/memory tests. More »
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Intel’s 32nm Arrandale Core i5 And i7 Chips For Anorexic Notebooks
8:04AM Matt Buchanan | We know, the Core i7-i5-i3 stuff is confusing. Not to make it worse, but Digitimes outs some of Intel’s notebooks plans for next year: a triplet of processors of Core i7 and i5 processors, codenamed Arrandale, for skinny laptops. More »
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Apple Shipping Beefier Core i5 And i7 iMacs
12:12AM Mark Wilson | We were impressed by the new Core 2 Duo iMac, but advised that you might want to hold off for the Core i5/i7 versions to ship. AppleInsider is reporting that, well, they’re shipping from Shanghai as we speak. [AppleInsider]
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Mac OS 10.6.2 Leaks New Core i5/i7 MacBook Pros?
11:54PM Mark Wilson | It’d be the most obvious leak in history, but the 10C531 build of OS 10.6.2 references the “MacBook Pro 6.1 and the MacBook Pro 6.1b”. All current Macbooks are strictly “5″ status. More »
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New iMacs Get Core i7 Chips, But What Does That Mean?
3:41AM Wilson Rothman | We were pretty excited to see Intel’s new monster quad-core chips inside the iMacs Apple unveiled today, but you may be a little confused by the options: Core 2 Duo or Core i7 or Core i5??? Can someone please explain? Why yes, Giz can.
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Giz Explains: Intel’s Entire Confusing Armada Of Chips
1:00AM Matt Buchanan | Intel makes a lot of processors. Too many, maybe. Don’t know the difference between a Core i7 and a Core 2 Duo? A Bloomfield from a Wolfdale? A Sasquatch from a Yeti? You’re not alone. More »
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Dell Studio XPS 8000, 9000 Desktops Use Latest Intel Chips
2:00AM Danny Allen | These sleek multimedia PCs can be configured with Intel’s new “Lynnfield” Core i5 and Core i7 processors. The 9000 takes-over from the Studio XPS 435 with new “performance graphics options”, while the 8000 has a smaller, but similarly-styled case design. More »
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