News MacBook Pro receives Intel speed boost

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  1. The_Pope

    The_Pope Geoff Richards Super Moderator

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    The_Pope, 15 Feb 2006
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  2. Gordy

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    Can't help but be happy about free upgrades.

    And if they actually start shipping them today even better!

    Can't wait for mine to arrive :)
     
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  3. Drexial

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    stil cant belive they went with intel concidering AMD has been showing them up in almost every benchmark. though intel seems to think it has an unlimited amount of money to throw around. i cant imagine what intels anual marketing budget is
     
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  4. pman

    pman What's a Dremel?

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    Intel have a higher manufacturing capacity.
     
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  5. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    intel have better mobile CPUs.
     
    Fod, 16 Feb 2006
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  6. Gordy

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    Exactly .

    There's a reason they are switching to the intel chips as intel have finally realised clock speed is not king!

    The reason why apple switched is down to heat and efficiency , they simply couldn't get a g5 in a laptop without it cooking the thing.
     
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  7. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    ...even though IBM now have a pretty sweet looking mobile Power5 chip.

    ah well.
     
    Fod, 16 Feb 2006
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  8. Gordy

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    Yeah but not out though so it would be another 2years of g4's :(
     
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  9. MiNiMaL_FuSS

    MiNiMaL_FuSS ƬӇЄƦЄ ƁЄ ƇƠƜƧ ӇЄƦЄ.

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    i thought all the early tests showed that the intel chip barely made a difference?
     
    MiNiMaL_FuSS, 16 Feb 2006
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  10. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    eh? comparing dual G5s to the intel DC core, maybe, but compared to the G4, hell no. the core duo blows its ass out of the water completely. only when running apps under rosetta does it not make a difference. hardly surprising, since the software is translating the program code to another instruction set on the freaking fly.
     
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