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New cooling system, processors coming to next-gen Macs at Macworld 2009 or later?

by Josh Holat on Dec 29, 2008 at 12:58 PM

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According to sources related with the Taiwanese companies that produce Apple’s Macs, the next-gen iMac due early next year will include a new cooling module. Although there isn’t much evidence of this, an article published this Monday stated that Foxconn Precision Components and Auras Technology would supply “the PC’s cooling module” for the new “magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis.” The Mac currently uses a fan based cooling system that may need to be beefed up a little more if Apple does, in fact, plan to include a new quad-core chip into their machines.

Wait, what’s going on with these new chips? Well according to DigiTimes, Apple and other PC manufacturers have agreed to use the following Intel chips: the Core 2 Quad Q8200 (2.33GHz/4MB L2), Core 2 Quad Q9400 (2.66GHz/6MB L2), and Core 2 Quad Q9550 (2.83GHz/12MB L2). AppleInsider points out that “a decision by Apple to employ the chips inside the iMac line could signal a need for modifications to the computer’s cooling methods.” Although this rumor may actually have some truth to it with the new processors, I don’t think we will see either of these changes by Macworld. Apple has been much to busy with other hardware in my opinion.  However, only time will tell. Stay tuned for more information.

Via [AppleInsider]

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