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The Apple News That Got Buried

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the times-eight dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "Apple's Showtime event was all well and good, but the big news today was on Anandtech.com. They found that the two dual-core CPUs in the Mac Pro were not only removable, but that they were able to insert two quad-core Clovertown CPUs. OS X recognized all eight cores and it worked fine. Anandtech could not release performance numbers for the new monster, but did report they were unable to max out the CPUs."

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  1. So fast, I got first post! by GrahamCox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Typing this on an 8-core Mac pro, I manged to get first post! Wow, it IS fast!

  2. Apple Cores by dotslashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't they be calling them "Apple Cores?"

  3. Couldn't max out the CPUs? by brundog · · Score: 5, Funny
    ..."but did report they were unable to max out the CPUs."


    Try installing Vista.

  4. I guess by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    with 8 cores, that no one cares about Beowulf clusters anymore. :(

    1. Re:I guess by heatdeath · · Score: 5, Funny

      with 8 cores, that no one cares about Beowulf clusters anymore. :(

      I suppose you could run 8 VMs on the machine and make a Beowulf cluster out of those.

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  5. Re:have to ask by arjun · · Score: 5, Funny

    i think what you _really_ wanted to say was "640k cores ought to be enough for anybody". oh dear lord...