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Rumor: Hexacore i7 Mac Pro Coming Next Tuesday

By Kat Hannaford Published March 11, 2010, 6:29 am ET

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ZDNet is receiving tips claiming Apple will upgrade its Mac Pro line with an Intel Core i7-980x chipset, which certainly isn’t the first time we’ve heard Core i7-shaped gossip. Supposedly it’ll all be unraveled next Tuesday, the 16th of March. [ZDNet via BGR]

https://gizmodo.com/macbook-pro-core-i5-and-core-i7-processors-rumored-to-a-5416500

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