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Apple: Quad-Core Processors in New Macs
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Trust me..After Apple found the "accident" on the Apple UK site that said "8-Core" and took it down Apple would have done the same in this case.
Nothing to see here, move along. Remember, this was written by a marketing person who neither knows, nor cares about the difference between "2 dual-core" and "quad-core". It's all the same to them: 4 cores.
Of course, if the blurb had been written by a technical person, it'd probably read something like this:
Of course, if the blurb had been written by a technical person, it'd probably read something like this:
It's referring to 2 dual core CPU's, Xserve is classed as Quad-Core. Apple also class the Mac Pro as Quad-Core.
Workstation or Mobile?
The modern microprocessor has evolved to become much better equipped to handle graphics and multimedia applications. The Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors in the quad-core Mac Pro systems or the Intel Core 2 Duo in the MacBook Pro delivers all the horsepower you need to speed through your most demanding video, motion graphics, and audio projects. It takes the right mix of technology to fulfill the specific needs of any creative workflow, but whether that’s a mobile setup or a desktop configuration, your creativity is no longer confined to one or the other.
Taken from http://www.apple.com/pro/techniques/beyondprint/index2.html
Quad-core 64-bit Xeon processing up to 3.0GHz. Delivering up to five times the performance of Xserve G5,3 the new Xserve comes with two power-efficient Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 processors, each with a dedicated frontside bus running at 1.33GHz.
Taken from
http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/Xserve_DataSheet12202006.pdf
Workstation or Mobile?
The modern microprocessor has evolved to become much better equipped to handle graphics and multimedia applications. The Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors in the quad-core Mac Pro systems or the Intel Core 2 Duo in the MacBook Pro delivers all the horsepower you need to speed through your most demanding video, motion graphics, and audio projects. It takes the right mix of technology to fulfill the specific needs of any creative workflow, but whether that’s a mobile setup or a desktop configuration, your creativity is no longer confined to one or the other.
Taken from http://www.apple.com/pro/techniques/beyondprint/index2.html
Quad-core 64-bit Xeon processing up to 3.0GHz. Delivering up to five times the performance of Xserve G5,3 the new Xserve comes with two power-efficient Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 processors, each with a dedicated frontside bus running at 1.33GHz.
Taken from
http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/Xserve_DataSheet12202006.pdf
The quad chips been out a while and now we have 2, not one slip. If it was not a slip, and instead it was was creative PR, why they changed the wording?
I could be wrong, but I go with a dual processor 4 cores each (for a total of 8 cores) within the month. You can disagree, but the truth will be known in due time.
I could be wrong, but I go with a dual processor 4 cores each (for a total of 8 cores) within the month. You can disagree, but the truth will be known in due time.
No. Before it said processors, and as those who aren't trying to link every single thing apple writes with product releases or super secret hidden messages it was obviously just a typo or misunderstanding from someone in marketing, or the person who typed it up for the system.
Also for those saying the current Mac Pro isn't worth it, none of the major components have dropped drastically in price since release and it is still very much worth it if you disregard the fact 8 core Mac pros are very likely to be available soon.
And then we have this:
"The fifth-generation Xserve is designed with the quad-core
64-bit Intel Xeon processor"
http://www.apple.com/education/erate/
Cheers.
See?
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I think it is a bit of a typo myself...
PROCESSORS should have read PROCESSING.....
Then they would have been accurate.. that said, the ammount of cores WILL increase, and probably before spring is over
DARN I AM GOOD!!!!
Not True
That is probably not true -- any marketing person at Adobe or Apple would care very much and would absolutely know the difference. I have worked at this level of enterprise marketing.
Folks in Marketing at this level are VERY skilled, technically knowledgable, and very focused on their work.
Just an FYI to dispell an untrue myth.
Seriously.
Nothing to see here, move along. Remember, this was written by a marketing person who neither knows, nor cares about the difference between "2 dual-core" and "quad-core". It's all the same to them: 4 cores.
That is probably not true -- any marketing person at Adobe or Apple would care very much and would absolutely know the difference. I have worked at this level of enterprise marketing.
Folks in Marketing at this level are VERY skilled, technically knowledgable, and very focused on their work.
Just an FYI to dispell an untrue myth.
Seriously.
MBP's new formfactor...
with Quadcore processors... probably not . Qcores are using too much juice.
with Quadcore processors... probably not
. Qcores are using too much juice.But they are still human and mistakes happen. I doubt this went through many levels of proofing.
Dude, bearbo.. are you autistic or something? I don't know how else to explain your extreme literalism. Everyone gets that there is a difference between quad-core processors and quad cores in a system, and everyone gets that Apple presently offers the latter but not the former. What you don't get is that that's irrelevant in the eyes of advertising people and the general public, and that the CS3 ad was obviously not written with highly technically literate types like yourself in mind. Have you no concept of writing for an audience?
I mean seriously, how do you survive in life taking every single letter of a piece of advertisement as though it were supposed to be literal fact, all well thought out and intentional?
I mean seriously, how do you survive in life taking every single letter of a piece of advertisement as though it were supposed to be literal fact, all well thought out and intentional?
Here's a question -- what's the significance of the difference between a quad core processor and dual dual-cores, to the average CS3 user? Particularly if Apple is providing a general description of their product line, rather than a machine-by-machine breakdown? The significance is nil. Just because they are aware of technical differences doesn't mean they feel every single one is important enough to point out (see Bankshot's post for what these blurbs would look like if they did)
Fact:There will be quad core processors in macs,
It mightnt be any time soon and may not be for another 20 years,
It mightnt be any time soon and may not be for another 20 years,
Here's the page from Intel about their CURRENT line of Quad-core processors for servers and workstations. The Mac Pro line falls into the workstation category, and the fastest processors for this line are CURRENTLY Quad-Core, in the Xeon and Core 2 Quad families.
http://www.intel.com/quad-core/index.htm?iid=serv_body+quadcore
The onlye reason we don't seen Quad-cores in systems shipping today is that the MP line is almost 8 months old and "past" it's sell by date. Note that the Macrumors Buyers Guide has the MP line as "Don't Buy - Updates Soon":
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//
Apparently you have never worked with copy writers or editors. I guarantee this had 100 revisions and this was either a rare mistake (a one in a million), a foreshadowing to create buzz, or a purposeful phrasing to dumb it down for the consumer.
I Love The Update Grammatical Error In Check
Isn't it wonderful that Apple pays attention to MacRumors.com and fixes grammatical errors when we spot them?
Processors
Processing
A core by any other name is still a core.
Isn't it wonderful that Apple pays attention to MacRumors.com and fixes grammatical errors when we spot them?
Processors
Processing
A core by any other name is still a core.
Actually the fastest (for one definition of fastest) Intel processor in the workstation space is the dual-core Xeon 5160.
do you understand the concept of technical writing? apparently not. technical writing emphasis greatly on the accuracy of the content, regardless the targeted audience. targeted audience is significant in determine the presentation and amount of information.
for instance, it's good technical writing to say both "using two dual-core processor" and "using most advanced technology", with the former being target to more technical person, and the latter toward less technical person, while saying "using quad-core processor" would be incorrect, regardless which target audience is this to, because the information content is simply false.
plus, that page is supposed to be a technical description, if it's inaccurate technical description, then it has failed on so many more levels before the targeted audience is even considered.
just because someone doesn't care, doesn't give you the right to false advertise.
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