[X4U] Negligible speed bumps...

[Randy B. Singer]

On Mar 4, 2009, at 4:29 PM, zapcat wrote:

> Although Apple is touting the performance of its new iMac and Mac  
> mini desktops, a new test shows that newer processors from Intel  
> have had little impact on the computers' true speed.
> ...
> I'm no expert but I don't think we've all been waiting this long  
> for that kind of lackluster improvement.

I don't know anything about the benchmarking program referred to in  
the article you cited, but I personally will reserve judgement until  
I see more real-world type benchmarking tests done by Macintouch and  
Macworld.

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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