Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 15:39:51 01/10/06
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On January 10, 2006 at 17:36:18, George Sobala wrote: >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. Knock it off already -- you're gonna make me want to buy the loaded one. :) -elc.
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