Rumor: Apple Eyeing New Intel Chips

Intel got the memo, "All Your Penryns Are Belong To Us," and it was signed, "For Great Justice, Steve." According to The Inquirer, Intel’s new top-o’-the-line 3.2GHz Xeons and, perhaps, the 3.33GHz desktop equivalents, are "pretty much pre-booked" by Apple, a privilege for which it would likely have paid a premium. This is a warning […]

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Intel got the memo, "All Your Penryns Are Belong To Us," and it was signed, "For Great Justice, Steve."

According to The Inquirer, Intel's new top-o'-the-line 3.2GHz Xeons and, perhaps, the 3.33GHz desktop equivalents, are "pretty much pre-booked" by Apple, a privilege for which it would likely have paid a premium. This is a warning sign of new XServes and Mac Pros, but also a good excuse to fantasize about an iMac that wasn't a laptop bolted to an LCD display.

As tilt-shifted photos of computer chips bathed in purple light are getting boring, here's a picture of the real Penryn.

Apple looks set to pinch all Intel's top-bin Penryns [Inq]