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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. can't max out CPUs? uh oh by LuxFX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wouldn't think that the inability to max out the core is a GOOD thing. Doesn't that just mean that the OS/apps/etc aren't properly optimized?

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  2. Heres the real way to max out the cpus! by pawstar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    void main(){while(1){double i;fork();i*=0.123456789;}}