Anyone know when Apple is gonna release an intel core duo tower system?
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they've released the MacMini but not the "towers" like the G5 towers.\nIt's going to be awhile before they release those simply because there's no market for them right now. \nThe only people who want those are "pro" users that do high end digital media editing. Seeing how all those apps haven't been ported so they work on Intels, no one is going to buy them.\nJust wait, it'll happen.
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I bought my MacBook Pro just a few months ago, and the price has already dropped, and the clock speed has increased.  It's just something to be expected. However, I have respect for Apple not dropping their prices on all their PowerPC computers.  This holds the value on the resale market that PCs only wish they could have! :)\n\nnote:\nwindows is not "pre-installed".  After downloading the free Beta called Boot Camp, you must supply your own copy of Windows, which is like $100 or something.
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Now its Core2 Duo, But wait for sometime you'll get Pentium Quad Core.
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intel's CORE DUO\n\nAMD'S x2
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While some documentation on freebsd.org state that intel core duo support is added there is no suggestion that the rest of the hardware in the MacBook Pro is supported yet.
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The past 16 months or so have seen an unprecedented number of genuine breakthroughs in the field of processor design, especially from AMD. Not only did that company introduce a truly compatible 64-bit processor design which has since dominated the high-end desktop PC market, but it also pioneered the on-die memory controller which has given the Athlon 64 and Opteron chips a leg-up in performance over Intel's offerings. Intel has since adopted 64-bit compatibility also, and now both companies are releasing processors with another brand new feature, dual-cores.\n\nDual-core processors work pretty much as you'd expect them to. At their most basic, both Intel and AMD have taken two mostly (or in the case of Intel, fully) functional processor cores and joined them together in a single processor die. Each core functions and processes data independently, and the two are co-coordinated by the operating system software. \n\nIn this article, PCSTATS is going to focus on both company's versions of this technology, how it works, and the kind of performance boost you can expect from it. Currently only certain of AMD's Opteron server-class processors are available with dual cores, but very shortly AMD will release the Athlon 64 X2 line of dual-core desktop processors. Intel has taken the opposite approach, already releasing the 'Pentium Extreme Edition 840' desktop dual-core chip, while its 'Pentium D' and dual-Xeons lines are not far behind.   \n\n\nSince dual-core processors are essentially a multi-processor system in a convenient package, let's start by looking at some of the multi-processor technologies which have contributed to AMD and Intel's newest products.\n\nSMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) \n\nSMP is the most common approach to creating a multi-processor system, in which two or more separate processors work together on the same motherboard. The processors co-ordinate and share information through the system bus, and the processors arbitrate the workload amongst themselves with the help of the motherboard chipset and the operating system. \n\nThe OS treats both processors more or less equally, assigning work as needed. Both AMD and Intel's new dual-core chips can be considered SMP capable (internally). AMD's dual-core Opteron server processors can be linked to other dual-core chips externally also, but this capability is not present in either company's desktop dual-core lines. \n\nThe major limitations of SMP have to do with software and operating system support. Many operating systems (such as Windows XP Home) are not SMP capable and will not make use of the second physical processor. Also, most modern programs are single-threaded, meaning that there is only ever one current set of linked instructions and data for them. This means that only one processor can effectively work on them at a time. Multi-threaded programs do exist, and can take better advantage of the potential power of dual- or multi-CPU configurations, but are not as common as we might like. \n\nNo other current mainstream desktop processors are SMP capable, as Intel and AMD tend to restrict cutting edge technologies to the higher-end server processors such as the Opteron and Xeon. In the past though, mainstream processors have been SMP capable, most notably the later Intel Pentium 3 processors.
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Intel Core 2 Duo for laptops.\nIntel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 for desktops.\n\nAMD doesn't even come close.
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As far as servers are concerned, yes.  I know that the AMD Opterons are.  However for desktop processors the Intel Core Duo which has made its debut in the Intel iMacs and MacBook Pro are dual core but are not 64-bit processors.\n\nIf you are getting servers, do with an AMD Opteron.
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top notch equipment there...\n\none thing, now is a really bad time to be building systems. intel's conroes are coming out next month and they beat amd's processors by a rather large margin. also, amd released socket am2, however, it yields very little performance boost which will hopefully be changed in their next modifications.\n\nbut if u must have a new system now...i don't see what's wrong with that layout.
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there was a point of time, not more than a few months ago where amd single core processors were much better than their intel counterparts, for instance an amd 3800 could beat an intel 3.2 ghz hands down, ps they were cheaper. but since the advent of intel core2 duo, intel has regained the market. core2 duo's are much cheaper than amd dual core's and much better in performance. if you are looking for single core processors, then amd still is better than intel single cores. dont even think about a celeron, they shouldnt be mentioned over here.\nlol
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I'm not an expert. but Dual core processers are fairly new: AMD ATLON 64 X2, and also the PENTIUM D from INTEL. They are 2 processing cores on 1 cpu chip.
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no more! it was considered good before the new Core 2 Duo was released. in place of a Pentium D 930 you can get a Core 2 Duo E6300 for only a few bucks more. it will beat the D 930 even though it's slower clocked.
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There is the P4 which has many different versions such as the Pentium M (mobile cpu - centrino), the core duo, the Xeon, the standard P4 which ranges from a 400mhz bus to an 800mhz bus, and then the Pentium D which is the dual core CPU.\n\nThe very top chip I think they have on the market right now is the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition which is a dual core chip with 2x2mb of cache and a 1024 bus.\n\nAs for the AMD, there is the sempron which is AMD's answer to the celeron (but better IMHO) and then the Athlon 64, which is a pretty awesome chip, but not as awesome as the AMD Athlon 64 X2 which is the dual core version of the AMD line.  The opteron is the name of AMD's server chip line, and they do come in both single and dual core.  Then, of course, is the Turion CPU which is the mobile chip.\n\nI like both chips, I usually sell more AMD than INTEL chips.  You can pick up a dual core AMD Athlon 3800+ X2 for around $300 and it runs sweet when paired up with a gig or two of RAM.\n\nHope this helps!
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There is a good chance that you can. There are already ways to do so in current intel based mac dev kits and while the final version may be different, it will more than likely be cracked by hackers. See source for details and howto.
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JUST GO TO INTEL's WEBSITE AND QUENCH YOUR THIRST . ADDRESS : http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/processors/celeron.htm\n               "ROBIN"
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No, not excatly.  A Core Duo processor is made by Intel and is their version of a dual core processor.  Note that a Core Duo processor is 32-bit only.  AMD makes the Athlon 64x2 (dual core) and Turion 64x2 (mobile dual core).  So technically speaking a dual core processor and core duo processor are not the same thing BUT a Core Duo is a dual core processor.  It breaks down like this:\n\nNote that all AMD dual core processors are 64-bit, this is not the case with Intel.\n\nDual Core Processors\nIntel Core Duo (aka Centrino Duo)\nAMD Athlon 64x2\nAMD Athlon FX-60\nAMD Athlon FX-62\nAMD Turion 64x2\nIntel Pentium D (exact model numbers escape me but not all Pentium D processors are dual core)
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Soon? No - I do like their chances of doing that someday though.  The new bootcamp that allows windows to be installed is a great leap in that direction.\n\nThe biggest hurdle for them now is their prices.  Macs are too expensive right now to do anything more than trickle growth in market share.