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Originally Posted by thzero
Hyperthreading isn't a made up word, and guess what, Macs based on the Core i5 and Core i7 have hyperthread CPUs just as do their PC counterparts. Here's what wiki has to say on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading |
i was
joking.....
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Originally Posted by thzero
But nonetheless, I bet if you did a suite of benchmarks on your PowerPC then did a complete fresh install of the OS you'd see a definite improvement. I won't dare predict how much or how little, but you will.
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just did that last week (it's called preventative maintenance). some things are slightly faster, but overall performance is about the same. keep in mind that i'm no average surf-n-turf basic user. i push these things for a living (graphic design at an ad agency).
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Originally Posted by thzero
Thats not even close to remotely true.
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really? huh. there must be some other reason that 99% of the artist/commercial/graphic design community uses macs then. sure as hell isn't because they're cheaper....