Apple new intel mac
cnn has review of the new intel mac machines from Apple. They are pretty impressed!
“Both machines are, in general, faster and more advanced than the PowerPC-based systems they replace. (During the transition Apple will continue to sell PowerPC-based PowerBooks and iMacs “while supplies last.”) But Apple users eager to switch to the Core Duo Macs need to be aware of the short-term headaches of changing processor platforms. Apple is consistently ahead of its PC rivals in terms of features, functions, and design, but in this case it’s also ahead of software and peripherals makers.
Apple’s Mac OS X operating system has been retooled for the Intel chip, along with most of Apple’s homegrown applications, including the Safari browser, iTunes, and iPhoto. Apple claims that the Intel-optimized programs run “up to four times faster” than they did on PowerPC-based Macs, and while the claim is based on benchmarks that bear little resemblance to real-world usage, you don’t need a stopwatch to verify that those applications are indeed much snappier.
The speed gain comes not just from the dual-core processor, but also from faster internal circuitry, faster memory chips, and a new, more powerful graphics card.”
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