dual or quad core?

[ejewels52]

on my 2.66 Mac Pro I just ordered...is it a dual or quad core? on apples site, it says dual core Xenons...but others have said quad...which is it?

[rtdgoldfish]

Its got dual-dual core processors which makes it a quad. :)

[ejewels52]

can someone explain that to me?

[nutman]

two duo core procs make four. see?

[panoz7]

It has two processors (dual processor) each with two processor cores (dual core). There's a total of four processing cores, hence the quad core, and two processors, hence the dual processor. The difference between processor and core is significant.

[pastrychef]

There are 2 dual core Xeons.

[Silentwave]

Think of it this way

mac pro
aaa Logic Board
aaa /-------- \
aaXEONaaaaXEON
aaa |aaaaaaa|
aaacoreaaaaacore
aaacoreaaaaacore

[Spanky Deluxe]

Think of it this way

mac pro
aaa Logic Board
aaa /-------- \
aaXEONaaaaXEON
aaa |aaaaaaa|
aaacoreaaaaacore
aaacoreaaaaacore

That's a rather phallic way of describing things! Like everyone else has said, you're looking at 4 cores, which is a very good thing.