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To dual core or not to dual core
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Will we see a dual core G4 based PowerBook in the future? I am thinking about heating issues (even if the processor is a bit slower than the current high-end), also battery life and space.
What do you guys think?
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Don't you think Apple wouldn't even release such a product if it didn't meet those basic criteria you mention?
Steve
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Posting Junkie
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Maybe, though a D-C would have about the same issues as a G5 PowerBook. With liquid cooling, maybe ... but not anytime soon.
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I really see a future of Apple promoting a 64bit processor and using dual core instead of a G5, being that two 32bit is somewhat a 64bit processor.
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NOW YOU SEE ME! 2.4 MBP and 2.0 MBP (running ubuntu)
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Clinically Insane
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Having two 32-bit processors doesn't make a native machine word 8 bytes long. Two 32-bit processors aren't a 64-bit processor in any sense and it would be totally false advertising to promote them that way.
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Chuck
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