[iBook] MacBook

[VICTORIA.DUGGAN]

Thats my point if it is 1.83 ghz dual core ,
  IS it 3.66 ghz total or 1.83 that runs as fast as a 3.66 but also  
put twice as much pressure on the 1.83 .

vicki
On May 31, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Tom Legare wrote:

> A dual core 1.83 GHz processor does not a 3.66 GHz processor make.  
> To me
> that's dishonest.
>
> Tom
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: VICTORIA DUGGAN
> Date: 05/31/06 17:34:11
> To: A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers.
> Subject: [iBook] MacBook
>
> Hi All
>
> Just been scanning ebay and some of the new core duo windows laptops
> are being listed as 3.66ghz instead of 1.83 like apple lists them, so
> if the new macbook has dual 1.83 ghz cpus why can they not be listed
> as 3.66ghz macbooks, Does this make sense or is it just the wintel
> side that has to brag about ghz and bus speed,
> My 1ghz G4 Ti out performs my mother-in-laws 2.6ghz wintel laptop at
> everything even in office etc, and this really seems to get her goat.
> because she tries to have the best of everything but is forever
> having to call me to fix this and that on her home setup. Also she
> does not understand how i go for a week at a time between restarts
> when she has to shut down on a daily basis if she does not want the
> book to crawl and crash the next day.
>
> vicki