BellBoy
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| Another site goof by Apple?
I spotted this in an article and went to the site to see if it was still there and low and behold it is.
The quad core slip that hit the UK store site a week or so ago seems to be creeping back in when they're talking about the release of Adobe's CS3 on the US site.
Does this mean that two dual core processors = quad core? 
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The Dv8or
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| Im convinced Bellboy's not an account run by a human being. It's a bot that photocopies rumor sites to posts. 
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bbarrera
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The quad-core processor was released late last year by Intel, and an updated quad-core hit the streets recently. Will be nice to see a quad-core in Mac Pro and Xserves, maybe even a quad-core for high-end iMac? |
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BellBoy
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said by The Dv8or  :Im convinced Bellboy's not an account run by a human being. It's a bot that photocopies rumor sites to posts. Automator is my friend. 
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joako
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For Apple "Quad core' Means there are four cores total in the machine.
Now they can use those CPU with 4 core on 1 chip and they can do the same marketing, but they only have to buy one chip, not two, to be able to make such claims.
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bbarrera
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| said by joako :For Apple "Quad core' Means there are four cores total in the machine. Yeah but the marketing copy reads "dual-core or quad-core Intel processors" which clearly states an Intel quad-core processor and not two dual-core processors. The quad-core processors have been available for months and in my opinion Apple's high-end boxes are overdue for a refresh that includes quad-core goodness. |
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Johnny
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Err I dunno - I think if they had meant to say eight, they would have said eight. No matter - the quads are definitely coming since they are drop-in replacements. |
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ehurtley
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Well, Apple has been calling the dual-socket, dual-core Mac Pro "quad core" since its release, so it's not too out of character for Apple.
More interesting to me is the use of "multi-core". Intel specifically uses "dual" when talking about two of something and "multi" when talking about more than two. So on servers, "dual processor" meant exactly two, "multi processor" meant four, eight, sixteen, one thousand twenty four, whatever. Obviously, Apple already uses their own terminology, but as an Intel-head, the use of "multi" is interesting. |
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Joe12345678
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said by BellBoy :Does this mean that two dual core processors = quad core? 
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