MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5 processor revealed via Intel promo flier? (update: prize now Envy 15 instead)
By Ross Miller 
posted January 14th 2010 5:09AM
posted January 14th 2010 5:09AM
Update: We've been sent a new flier from Intel that "corrects" the contest. The prize is now one of two Envy 15s with Core i5. Sure, we've joked about the physical similarities before, but did someone really mix the two up that egregiously? Only time will tell. Correction email reprinted after the break.
[Thanks, Mike!]
Now it's just one Windows 7 install away from being an overpriced low performance gaming laptop.
@TareG And you're one vote away from being downranked into oblivion.......oh too late! :)
This is good news!
@SilverSurfer Imagine if that's the big surprise the 27th :o
@SilverSurfer Better hold your horses!
http://www.9to5mac.com/intell_erred
@Khris
Hmm, decisions decisions - buy a MPB now or wait til the next revision :/
@Chris7197
obviously wait for the next revision; even if it's not an i5 they'll be using, there's be a some sort of improved processor in the upgrade in the next 2 months, max, I reckon. you'll kick yourself in very little time at all if you buy now I reckon, the mbp's are weel due for an update:
http://guides.macrumors.com/MacBook_Pro_Buyer%27s_Guide
@safe travels *there'll and *well. oh dear at my typos
@SilverSurfer Hell yeah! Most computer manufacturers have already announced laptops that will come equipped with Intel’s latest batch of processors. Apple will surely not want to miss on any of that and the Core i5 MacBook Pro should be coming soon.
While Apple’s Jan 26th event has been widely speculated to be about the launch of the iSlate tablet, there is certainly a possibility that a new MacBook Pro lineup will be introduced as well. More details: http://bit.ly/macbook-pro-intel-icore-details
@Jakob , Khris, Chris7197 , safe travels , michelleyeohs
I love you all
This is my next laptop.
Minus the fact of course that the pictured MacBook Pro is the older generation without the chicklet keyboard, without unibody, and without the multitouch trackpad.
@LJKelley
Maybe the graphics department and the engineering department are in 2 separate buildings?
Clip-art fail? Probably.
@LJKelley
even more curious, it has the lid of the new unibody macbook pro with the bottom half of the older macbook body. That kind of screw up takes effort
Don't really care anymore. As long as my MB Pro 4.1 Core2Duo 2.5 GhZ 512 VRAM, runs as smoothly as it does, I really don't care.
Really gives you perspective taking a step back. People really are awful, when it comes to these things. I work in an Apple re-seller store, and people always, everyday, like: When's the new mac out, I want I want I want. Well STFU, live your life, and one day there will be a new mac.
Go have sex and watch a good movie or something.
@surf26 amen brother! i work for apple corp. and it even make me sick
@john2049 Cool, have you met any of The Beatles then?
@surf26 I WANT I WANT I WANT more people in the world to realize this!
Well put!! :)
@surf26 Agreed, well said good sir.
@Rebajas ha ha ha, i meant corporate not corporation :)
@john2049 Or even Apple Computers...?
@surf26
This behaviour is not only found amongst Apple fans, but its ubiquitous across the electronics market (DJ equipment, Cameras, even Tennis rackets).
I find it's only the amateurs who become borderline OCD'd with the latest offerings. I still use my K10D and have no desire to get it replaced as I can take better photos than most D300 owners.
ITS FAKE! look at the laptop, it is an old model, they would never make that stupid of a mistake if they were serious about this. Sorry everyone, but not quite yet. :( no core i5 apple ain't quite there yet
@john2049 Actually, I imagine Intel would be lazy enough to rely on basic recognition alone.
Plus, how many press photos are there of an unannounced computer?
@john2049 Well that and this months reward is a 47" LG, at least in the states. No mention of a Mac Book Pro other than in the survey of what you would like to win.
" Win an LG* 47" HDTV!
Here’s your chance to win the HDTV you've been dreaming of.
Prize Specs
* Flat panel mount interface: 200 x 200 mm
* Native display resolution: 1920 x 1080
(1080p full HD resolution)
* Backlight dimming control: provides power savings
* Dynamic contrast ratio: 15,000:1
* Built-in tuner: ATSC/NTSC/clear QAM
* Public display settings: cloning capable
* LG's exclusive XD engine
* 2 HDMI with HDCP
* USB input for photos and music
* Rohs compliant
* Invisible speaker system (4 speakers)
* 2-way speaker system
* Built-in decoders: Dolby Digital*
* Sound Effects (JA): SRS TruSurround XT*
One (1) winner will be chosen from all entries. Entry deadline is February 9, 2010.
How to enter:
1. One entry for passing the January Session quiz
2. One entry for passing the January Our Word quiz
3. After passing each quiz, additional entries are available for 50 Chips per entry
4. Limit 10 entries per day"
@john2049
Not a fake, just a mistake. The laptop is now an HP and intel has apologized "for the confusion."
@john2049 I find this needs some revision: Macs don't have i5s in them? Wrong! The most recent edition of the iMac has a Core 2 Duo / Intel i5 / or an Intel i7. Macs DO have the Core i5 and i7 already, but only for their consumer desktop line. So, putting it bluntly, Macs do have the i5, it's only for the desktop as of now. With all this talk, I wouldn't be surprised if they DO release a Core i5 (maybe an i7, but I'm skeptical) MacBook Pro on January 27th.
That picture's really messed up. It's clearly the old body, but it appears to have the new shiny black bezel around the screen. I don't get that at all.
@MathiasMM that is exactly what I first thought about when i saw that picture...its funny...they mush have went to great lengths photoshoping the old mbp and then finally realize that it's the HP envy they're supposed to advertise.
i'm waiting for half year just i5?i hope mbp can use i7!!!
@fangwenqing what about battery life with i7 ?
@fangwenqing
Don't know where or when I read this, but I remember reading an article that said that the MBP can't get an i7 for some reason related to GPU. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong though
@Seven
There is a problem with NVIDIA and the new i7 chips.
I forget the technical details, something about NVIDIA not having a proper lisence to make GPUs for the new intel lineup, so then the only other option would be to have a discreet GPU and also use the crappy intel graphics integrated into the cpu...maybe have it switchable? Intel to save battery life, Nvidia when it's plugged in or when you wanna fly? I Think that's really the best option.
Well, even if it's not "official," isn't it obvious? I mean Apple uses intel processor, so anybody expect anything different? Big whoop.
You don't seem to understand how this site works.
@pika2000
I think the big deal here is that Apple insisted they wouldn't use the new Clarkdale chips unless Intel removed the IGP. Looks like Apple blinked first.
I frakin knew it ...
it's only natural that apple is planning to use core i5. I'd be surprised if Apple decided to use Pentium 4.
@allston232
That's like saying new apple will have a larger hard drive. Well, no shit I didn't think they could technologically progress in the next hardware iteration... Then again, this site bends over when Jobs says so, so no surprise there.
Anyone else noticed that the "apppleinsider" watermark is actually behind the other text?
I believe that this is fake!
@martinsikjaer It's hard to Alpha-blend white with white. It's not underneath, it's more... intersecting. There's no noticeable overlay because the white used in the letters is too bright.
@martinsikjaer White on white = more white, but still white. It's impossible to tell if the text is in front of or behind the other. But this is a very official Intel advertisment, and also a mistake from the ad agency : Intel just apologized for this, they are actually offering HP Envys (http://www.macgeneration.com/news/voir/139851/les-macbook-pro-i5-etaient-des-portables-hp).
But there is no doubt that the next MacBook Pros will be core i5 powered.
And it'll give them an opportunity to distinguish between the low and high end models... At the moment everything uses the same level processor, now the MB will have an i3 and the MBP will use i5's... Possibly an i7 in the 17" if they can get the airflow...
The bezel looks like it's just in the shadow so looks like the UB MBP, it's one of the old images from the website I think... Anyway, I'm getting one late this year so soon would be good... wink...
Well The i5 is no big surprise.. The question is what GPU will it have?
AMD?
Hope not. They should really do something innovative with it.
It's bogus. The Mac pictured looks like they photo-manipulated an older MBP lower body with a unibody screen.
I hope apple sort out the imac issues before they launch these.
Sweeeet .... Im Gettin This for sure!!!!!:D
i hope it comes out by march !
That gives me a reason to log into Retail Edge. :P