depends on how you look at things
Originally posted by Hemingray
Apple is so far behind in the GHz war they can't afford to jump any less than 200MHz per item. You're probably right, though. 
These 1.2 and 1.4 specs are just the rumor specs that are always floating around.
Here's the way I look at it - Apple knows exactly what its doing, whether or not 1.2 and 1.4 are on the way in July... If this weren't the case, they wouldn't have $4Billion in tangible assetts
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/a/aapl_qb.html, and a nice profit margin to boot.
You've heard this a thousand times, but I'm gonna' repeat it: people use Mac for a specific purpose - and for most of these people, whether the performance of the next pmac increases in a major or minor way in July, they will continue to do their work on a Mac... period. If you're an Apple user purely because of the GHz number itself - I have to ask - when exactly did you notice that Apple was "behind"???
However, for those who are truly 'concerned' for Apple's sake - remember this... non-mac users who equate GHz with performance are usually also capable of simple math skills... Don't think for a second that Apple doesn't realize the simple logic to this - they've got a great marketing team [I'm serious about this]... For example, what do you get when you add 1.0 and 1.0? 2.0. Now, where've I seen that number before??? Oh, and what about 1.2 + 1.2... 2.4. Gee, that number looks familiar too... Oh, and 1.4 + 1.4? Hah! 2.8 - another familiar GHz marketing number...
I mean, really - Anyone who's done there research switches to Apple not because of the GHz number, but for other, more well-thought-out and beneficial reasons. For those who aren't to that point, Apple has decided to help them along (with duals), assuming the person is capable of adding together the speed ratings of two processors. What we're really looking at is marketing genius...
Later,
happy convert
