[iBook] MacBook

[Tom Legare]

Wrong. 
 
A dual core processor is NOT the same as:
1) a machine with two single processors, or
2) a machine that is  twice as fast with a single processor. 
 
The crystal on the motherboard will still run at 1.83 GHz and the dual cores
still share many of the other hardware and functions.
 
It is true that a machine with a 1.83 GHz dual core processor COULD run SOME
functions even faster than a 3.66 GHz single processor machine, but it
depends on the function and the OS and how it is optimized for parallel
processing. For the most part, with today's technology, the dual core
processors help but don't double the effective performance of a machine. 
 
Tom 
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From: Joel Esler 
Date: 05/31/06 19:57:01 
To: A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers. 
Subject: Re: [iBook] MacBook 
 
 
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