One other consideration is that the operating system has all ready
been updated for the new processors and third party apps are being
shifted over. If you keep a computer for a very long time I would
worry about wanting to use something in the future that may be less
than optimal on the old IBM design.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jan 29, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
> Unless you just want IBM processors I would wait. Apple has pretty
> much promised to change over to Intel chips completely this year.
> There was a significant bump in speed for the first two. You might
> get speed equal to the quad core for much less money by waiting a few
> months.
>
> I don't know about speed improvements with the quad core. I am sure
> it has been tested independently. I know my old, slow 1gig dual
> processor PowerMac is way, way faster than my newer 1.3gig Powerbook
> when dealing with Photoshop. I don't know whether PS is written to
> take advantage of additonal processors.
>
> I looked around. Barefeats has a test. 4 is much better than 2.
>
> http://www.barefeats.com/quad02.html
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2006, at 5:36 PM, Andrew Gullen wrote:
>
>> (If this is semi-OT, does that make reading it semiOTics?)
>>
>> I'm looking at a new Mac. I get to use and build software on PCs
>> all day and
>> don't think I could stand it at night too :-).
>>
>> Specifically I'm looking at the dual-core (not Core Duo) or quad-
>> core Power
>> Macs. The need for speed will come from Photoshop, and the use of
>> scanned
>> images from OM film cameras. Anyone have any info on whether the
>> quad speeds
>> up PS significantly over the dual? (I'm about to start googling,
>> but the
>> response here is liable to be more informative and more
>> entertaining.)
>> There's also a small clock speed difference to I believe.
>>
>> Other related thoughts? I've been looking at the Core Duo review
>> someone
>> helpfully posted a pointer to... Does the Core Duo use the 80x86
>> instruction
>> set or is it a new machine?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Andrew
>>
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