Apple's new iMac confirmed to have an overclocked version of the old processor, not the latest Intel CPU

by mac52ipod on 2008-04-29 18:33:51

Yesterday, it was mentioned that Apple released a new iMac: the hardware upgrade was confirmed today. It has been confirmed that the CPU of Apple's new iMac is an overclocked Santa Rosa processor, not Intel's latest Montevina processor.

The 2.4GHz-3.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor used in the iMac has attracted widespread attention. Due to its front-side bus being 1066MHz, which is higher than the current 800MHz for Intel's 45nm mobile processors but lower than the 1333MHz for desktop versions, many people generally speculated whether Apple had gotten early access to Intel's Montevina "Centrino 2" mobile platform products, which are scheduled to be released in June.