[iBook] MacBook

[Joel Esler]

dual core 1.83 != 3.66 ghz.

It's two 1.83 chips on the same silicon.  It's twice as fast.  And
since the nano meter technology being what it is, I would say it's
faster than a 3.66

J

On 5/31/06, VICTORIA.DUGGAN <victoria.duggan at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 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
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--Joel