If you've been wondering whether you should buy a laptop now with a second-generation processor or hold out for the next-generation chip for the , your wait is almost over.

( indicate a 5% to 15% increase in CPU performance for the Ivy Bridge Core i7 processors and a whopping 20% to 50% improvement on the graphics side--a huge plus for gamers).

Ivy Bridge processors were , and then the processors were . Now, according to a report on , it seems the fastest, quad-core models will be announced in the last week of April and available starting April 29.

These chips include the Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme families of mobile processors and Core i5-3570K, i5-3570T, i5-3550, i5-3550S, i5-3450 and i5-3450S desktop processors.

This suggests we should start seeing high-end, fast, and powerful Ivy Bridge laptops with Core i7 processors on the market later this spring. The --with a Core i7 processor and NVidia graphics card--was one of the first we saw up for preorder, in February.