Mac OS X 10.5.7 has i7 Nehalem and Radeon HD 4000 support

AppleInsider has published two screenshots about the first Mac OS X 10.5.7 beta, released to developers last week, that reveal some new interesting technical features that will be found on the next Leopard update.

The first concerns the support to the new Intel i7 chips with Nehalem architecture, designed for the professonal computers, which probably will be featured on the next generation of Mac Pro’s. The main advantages on this quad-core chip are the high performances and the low energy consumption.

The second new feature on the Mac OS X 10.5.7 is the support to the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series, in particular the HD 4850 and 4870 models that enhance the Core Image and Quartz Extreme accelerations.