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And so it's done.

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    • A metaphor, if you will...It's like some kid said he'd meet me after school on the playground to resolve our differences, but I didn't believe he really would. Then as soon as I walk outside after the final bell rings, he punches me in the gut.
      • So, I take it you seem to think being punched in the gut is a bad thing? I can go with that... ;-)

        Does it really matter though? Whether there's an Intel chip, PowerPC or Motorolla 680x0 driving the beast, it is the software that makes a Mac different. Give it a little while for the shit to settle and no-one will really notice the difference. Or care for that matter.

        My prediction? The switch to Intel is going to be a lot less painless and cause a lot less griping than the switch from 680x0 to PPC.

        I am surpri
        • But frankly: the name of the new laptop is atrocious. "MacBook Pro"... Aaaargh! So, we already know that the iBook replacement will probably be called "MacBook" ;-)

          Personally, I think they should have kept the "Power" prefix. After all, only nerds know about the "PowerPC" architecture. To all others "Power" means something like "Strength". Hey, but the marketeers at Apple surely know what they do.

  • Yeah, I can't escape that "2x faster"

    ARE PEOPLE THAT STUPID??!?!

    Oh yeah, this is earth, america, idiot non techies actually believe you can gain 2x performance gain from regular uniprocessor apps??

    Show me any app that isn't dual processor aware that gains ANYTHING even close to 50% increase, nevermind 100% gain... BULL AND SH1T!!

    ~D
    • They don't seem to be claiming the perfomance gain is only from the DC nature of the chip - only that this iMac is somehow at least 2x faster than the pervious model...
      • Aside from the dual-core processor, the substantial increase in bus speed doesn't hurt.

        Additionally, there have been claims floating around for some time that Apple wasn't optimizing for the PowerPC processors anywhere near as well as they could have. This seems a little shaky, unless you know you are jumping platform, and need some impressive stats. I'm not sold on this, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
        • One thing I don't know about Core Duo is whether it is 64-bit enabled or not. My (quick) reseach yesterday yielded not much info (well, as far as I understood it, Yohnah is not EMT64 enabled and thus not 64 bit)

          I think that is a step backward.

          • The PowerBooks never had a 64-bit processor, so there's no real step back, there. The iMac did, but not for the 64-bit benefits, just the faster clocks and raw number crunching step up. The biggest benefit that a 64-bit processor offers right now -- to the typical user -- is the ability to address over 4GB of RAM. This is not something currently practical for either the home line or the portable line.

            I hope that the Mac Pro (PowerMac replacement) or whatever it will be called will use a 64-bit processor. It
            • Ah, yes! That explains. Damn, it slipped my mind that the laptops were all running G4s. That also explains why they only claim twice speedup for the iMacs. :-)

              I know what 32-bit versus 64-bit implies :-) It's not the same as the big 16-bit to 32-bit transition back in the 386 day. It's mainly about memory, but from a marketing standpoint it is not a good idea to go a step back on the iMacs. On the other hand: we are reaching the 4Gig limit fast. Well, in the PC world at least. My brother in law i

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