[X4U] New iMacs vs. Mac Pro (processor, performance)

[Zane H. Healy]

At 8:35 PM -0700 8/8/07, Jim Robertson wrote:
>The new iMacs look nice. I don't do lots of extremely processor intensive
>stuff, but I'm wondering about whether the quad-core machines will be better
>suited to fairly consistent use of Windows (XP or Vista) in a virtualized
>environment alongside the Mac OS. How about Photoshop CS3?

By quad-core I assume you mean a "Mac Pro"?  These should totally 
rock for what you want, if you have enough RAM.  Xeon based systems 
are *VERY* nice, even nicer than Core 2 Duo based systems, and that 
is saying a lot!

>Also, is the 2.8 GHz iMac truly using a different processor (Core 2 Duo
>"extreme"), or is it just the same processor running at a faster clockrate?

I'd really like to know what the **** a 2.8Ghz iMac is using for a 
CPU!  To the best of my knowledge Intel does not make an Extreme with 
those spec's, the closest to what Apple is advertising is the "Intel 
Core 2 Extreme Processor X6800" running at 2.93Ghz.

		Zane



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