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    iMac 2017, CPU upgrade to Coffee Lake?

    Hi Is it possible to upgrade the 2017 iMac 27 to Coffee Lake? like the i9 9900 the socket is LGA 1151, so the Coffe Lake should fit, i heard however that the firmware doesn't support it but could this be possible, or even in theory? how likely is it to happen in future? could there be...
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    FIRST MACBOOK PRO

    Hey all! I’m new to this forum and also Mac in general. I’m looking at buying my first MacBook Pro. I’ve decided I want the 2017 15” MacBook Pro Quadcore 16GB Ram with Radeon 560 graphics. But researching further I’ve seem rumours about the future Mac with coffee lake hexcore. I’m wondering if I...
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    TONS of iMac Coffee Lake 8700k Geekbench scores - from yesterday

    My Understanding is that the Coffee Lake CPU's use a different pin configuration for the CPU socket, so these shouldn't be upgrades, right? Looks nice and fast and if the price point stays similar to what an i7 27" iMac costs, this will be the perfect alternative to the iMac Pro 10 core machine...
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    Intel’s lineup is about to drastically change the iMac lineup

    We all know about the move this year with 8th gen processors, resulting in 6 core mainstream iMacs, but recent reports have suggested that Intel’s 9th generation chips will go even further. Expected is i3s and i5s hyperthreading (4 core/8 thread and 6 core/12 thread respectively), as well as the...
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    2013 rMBP to 2017 MBP 2-port non-TB or wait?

    Currently 8GB late-2013 13" rMBP Uses: work and heavy web research (lots of tabs) multiple documents, lots of PDFs open Adobe Lightroom Windows 7 in VM for engineering SW (including some heavier simulations) Other: Don't like the lack of USB-A ports, but that ship has sailed. I take the...
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    MacBook Pro 18W Quad-Core Processors Cancelled

    The rumored 18W quad-core processors have apparently been cancelled. Similar to the 15", they were part of the H-series and did not have Iris graphics. However, a 15W (U-series) quad-cores are also expected be released with Kaby Lake/Coffee Lake processors next year. Apple have begun shipping...