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New MacBook Dual Core 2 Benchmarks
ApolloX writes "New Macbook Pro Benchmarks are now available. From the article:
'Like the iMac before it, Apple's MacBook Pro underwent an upgrade highlighted by a chip swap — the Core Duo processor that used to power Apple's pro laptop is gone, replaced by the next-generation Core 2 Duo. And as with our iMac benchmarks, these updated Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro models show a modest performance gain when compared to older systems running on Core Duo chips with the same clock speeds.'
As expected, the new 15-inch Intel Dual Core 2 (2.33Ghz/2GB RAM) is the new king of Apple portables, with results for the 17-inch model still pending."
Bullshit. See my other post. Macs do cost more. That's fine, you can make a good argument they should, but they cost more. Comparing it to Dell and then upgrading it with their horribly overpriced upgrades is not a valid argument. Only idiots do that. The Mac Pro IS the one exception, although I can still configure a faster equivalent PC from someplace like Monarch for a little cheaper, (with XP/Vista upgrade instead of OSX). I am guessing that Intel is giving Apple a significant price break on the processors.