APPLE is cheating!
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- vena0
buy that new computer! you need more processing power to finish your anti-globalisation anti-capitalism super web site!
- kpl0
as a fucking bleeding liberal i'm very offended by your remark, vena.
or something.
- vena0
tehehe
- quik0
I've never believed anything I've read from the register, they post rumours that are never true.
This article might very well be true, not sure.
What IS hyperthreading anyway? what does it do?
Oh? its a intel buzzword, ah of course.
Its all marketing folks, people love thier machines, they should, they have to spend many hours a day on them.
Either way, I still want a G5.
- preston0
i just threw my iBook in the dumpster. Thanks for saving me
- eficks0
well apparently hyper threading gave it a lower score anyway, (even dells own tests had it disabled)
also with the compiler thing, the intel and amd cpu tests on specbench were using optimised compilers, while the apple vs dell benchmark were using the exact same compiler (gcc) for the same machines, rather than optimised ones for each.
*shrug*
- pascii0
viva la mac!
- ********0
*huchooo*
- ********0
sorry.
- kpl0
4, you nasty bastard! I demand you clean your snot off of me right this instant!
damn moderators.
- unknown0
of course apple is lying, how else could they sell an overpriced product.
remember the minority is stupid
mac is targeting that minority
- ********0
i am a about to say goodbye to this thread... (moderator wise).
please stop calling people stupid etc.
Be constructive, this board is intended for intelligent discussions.
- vena0
damn, you're forgiving. i'd have deleted this thread purely because it's an obvious Mac vs PC troll :)
- kpl0
there is always two. a master and an apprentice.
- mbr0
Hyperthreading is indeed more than a 'buzzword'.
"With Hyper-Threading enabled, a single CPU can appear as two logical processors to the OS and certain software applications, enabling the processor to execute two program instructions (or threads) simultaneously. It's similar to how a multiprocessor system works, though not quite as powerful."
The trick is that the software has to be optimized to take advantage of it, otherwise it can slow things down. For 3D work, the performance increase is huge, but with other things it will slow. All depends on what you use your computer for.
Uh, just in case anyone cared ;-)
- quik0
Where were you quoting mbr?
- numero10
what a poof
- mbr0
PC Magazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,…It was the quickest place I could grab a qoute. I've read similar stuff numerous places, though. It's great stuff, once I get the cash for a new machine.
- sexypixel0
apple ARE cheating... not IS cheating..tut tut
go back to grammar school
- unfittoprint0
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please die.