Author: George Sobala
Date: 14:36:18 01/10/06
Go up one level in this thread
On January 10, 2006 at 16:10:11, Andreas Guettinger wrote: >On January 10, 2006 at 15:10:25, enrico carrisco wrote: > >>On January 10, 2006 at 14:54:17, enrico carrisco wrote: >> >>>Interesting new goodies for your lap from Apple. I'm curious how these CPUs >>>compare to the G5 and Opterons for computer chess (obviously 32-bit >>>comparisons...) >>> >>>Are these Intel Core Duo processors no different than the Centrino Dual Core >>>line? >> >>To answer my own question, yes. :) More technical information here: >> >>http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2648&p=1 >> >>Interesting stuff! >> >>-elc. >> >>> >>>-elc. >>> >>> >>>Source: >>>http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacBookPro > >If it is really 4 times faster than the old one as Apple claims then it would be >like an imaginary Dual 3.4 Ghz PowerPC for 32bit stuff. >On the other hand it's a bit pricey, but with tons of cool features like >integrated webcam, MagSafe connector, Remote control etc. > >http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/whatsinside.html > >regards >Andy It probably is. For chess (comparing Shredder across 2 computers), a Pentium M Centrino 1.6GHz approximately equals one of my 2.5GHz G5 processors. So by my maths I get the top-end MacBook Pro to be equal to about 5.7 GHz of G5.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.