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appleinsider.com - 3/1/2009

Mac OS X 10.5.7 may have Nehalem, Radeon HD 4000 support

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In addition to expected fixes, Apple's upcoming 10.5.7 update to Mac OS X Leopard is now claimed to recognize Intel's newer Nehalem architecture as well as AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4000 graphics chipsets.

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store.apple.com - 3/3/2009

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— store.apple.com — Intel Nehalem chip Next-generation Intel architecture. Get nearly 2x faster performance with the new Mac Pro, now... powered by all-new Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors. 2 With a new system architecture, 8MB of fully shared L3 cache, an ... (more) Mac Pro - Apple Store (U.S.)

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store.apple.com - 3/3/2009

Mac Pro - Apple Store (U.S.)

— store.apple.com — Intel Nehalem chip Next-generation Intel architecture. Get nearly 2x faster performance with the new Mac Pro, now... powered by all-new Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors. 2 With a new system architecture, 8MB of fully shared L3 cache, an ... (more) Mac Pro - Apple Store (U.S.)

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arstechnica.com - 3/2/2009

Test build of 10.5.7 points to possible Mac Pro update

— arstechnica.com — One prominent OSx86 project hacker uncovered beta drivers for ATI's Radeon 4000-series graphics cards in the latest... test builds of Mac OS X 10.5.7, as well as kernel support for Intel's latest processor architecture. By Chris Foresman | Last updated ... (more) Test build of 10.5.7 points to possible Mac Pro update

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Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard update may have Nehalem, Radeon HD 4000 support
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Mac OS X 10.5.7 suportará chips Intel Nehalem e GPUs ATI Radeon da série 4000
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