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Intel has announced the third generation of its Core processor family, starting with nine Core i7 versions and five Core i5s.

The long-awaited updates for Apple's MacBook Airs to Sandy Bridge technology is reportedly due to bear fruit at the end of this month, with sales of 1.5m per quarter expected and actual sales to start in July.

With netbooks turning into notbooks thanks to the popularity of tablets, Intel has unleashed its 'Ultrabook' concept as a 'new class of mobile computer'.

Although Apple's MacBook Pros have already bridged the gap to Intel's Core i line of 2011 processors, questions have been asked over when the same will happen for the Macbook Air, Mac Mini and the iMac line of all-in-one desktops.

With Intel's new Sandy Bridge processor announcements a couple of weeks ago, it's not surprising that Apple is readying an updated range of MacBook Pros to take advantage of the power boost on offer.

Intel is launching its 'Sandy Bridge' CPU family in Australia today, so if you're in a rush to buy one of the latest systems you may be reassured to know that at least one memory supplier has a RAM kit ready for you.

Last year saw Intel's 'Core' processors go mainstream, 2011 now sees the second generation of Core processors arriving with cool new features, from ever faster performance, better built-in HD and 3D graphics, quicker video transcoding capabilities and support for wireless transmission of video to HDTVs.