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Mac Fusion with Intel Core 2 Duo at WWDC 08

The photo above shows Mac Fusion that is for new developers who are on a budget and want to port their existing programs to the Mac. Mac Fusion features an Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor that starts at 2.1GHz and has an 800MHz front-side with 3MB of shared L2 cache. This device looks similar to the Apple Mac Mini and is rumored to be at WWDC 08, if this becomes reality, it will be nice to see a new Mac this year and not just products and services built around the 3G iPhone.

The aim of Mac Fusion is to make building applications for the Mac more easier than ever before and to give the developer the ability to run alternate operating systems, such as Boot Camp, Linux and Microsoft Windows, while keeping the stability of Mac OS X.

While some people will see the above photo as a fake, it may not be fake as it does fall in line with other information we have heard previously from Apple Insider. If real, we should see Mac Fusion confirmed later today at WWDC 2008.

If you do take a closer look at the photo you may see a few things that lead us in only one way when it comes to this photo being real. These include Apps being capitalized in the tag line, Xcode 3.5 is listed in the bottom right, while Xcode is currently version 3, The three logos clearly have a border, Apple does not use the Windows logo and The ad copy is found wanting.

What do you make of this photo for a new product called Mac Fusion?

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Budget 45nm Penryn CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200

There has never been a time when Intel capitalized so much on a winning architecture, other than now with their very successful Core 2 family of processors. Intel have released so many variations of the same architecture and now this is the budget 45nm Penryn CPU, its called the Intel Core 2 Duo E7200. The CPU has it all for a budget user who doesn’t want to sacrifice performance. Penryn gives us power savings and extra features found across the latest E8000 series. Tweak town have gave the E7200 a 12 page hands-on review and in their final thoughts they said “Intel has managed to once again augment its Core 2 Duo line of processors with another winner. While we normally focus on quad core and high-end power from the Chipzilla, Core 2 Duo has some really good budget parts, and none are better than the E7200.

While it comes clocked at a slower 2.53GHz compared to the higher clock of the E4700s 2.66GHz, the higher bus speed of 1066MHz, an extra 1MB of L2 cache and its 45nm construction of the Penryn architecture gives the E7200 a greater feature set while managing to keep its power consumption down and continue to offer some extremely good performance.

If you’re looking for something for a HTPC or digital home setup, you’re not going to be disappointed with an E7200. It has more than enough power to do fast media encoding; its memory bandwidth is excellent thanks to its 1066MHz FSB and its 45nm die makes it more power efficient than the older E4000 series.”

Read the 12 page review.

LG X-R700 and X-S900 Laptops: Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA 8600 / ATI HD2400

These are the LG X-R700 and X-S900 Laptops which have just been unveiled In Korea, they feature NVIDIA 8600 / ATI HD2400 graphics cards and Intel Core 2 Duo processors. These laptops have the power to replace your desktop computer and then some; they also feature Dolby Home Theater Sound, a full-size keyboard and built in with 1.3-mega-pixel webcam.

System Highlight X-S900 Priced at $1,423

• Windows Vista Home Premium
• DVD Super Multi Drive
• 320GB HDD
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• Dolby Home Theater sound
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD2400 256MB
• 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5550
• 19 “WXGA display with integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam

System Highlight X-R700 Priced at $1,740

• Windows Vista Home Premium
• DVD Super Multi Drive
• 250GB HDD
• 3GB DDR2 RAM
• Dolby Home Theater sound
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
• 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5550
• 17 “WXGA display with integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam

Source: Read | Via Amazing Gadgets