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Intel Core Duo: How does it stack up?

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From Slashdot, so expect perhaps sluggish performance on the link at least for a few hours today (Tuesday), but a comparison between Intel's Core Duo versus the other x86 32 and 64 bit architectures available now. Did Apple choose wisely?
 
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For those without the time to go through all the excruciating detail, the last page provides a pretty good summary. And the last paragraph of the last pageis probably the most relevant to us ...

Macophiles have to be reading these words with a certain glee, given that Apple has already transitioned several of its products to Core Duo, including the iMac. They should be pleased with the performance and power efficiency of Apple's new chosen engine—or at least they should once universal binaries are widely available. They've gotta be thinking that the severe case of whiplash from the "Intel sucks"-"Intel rules" about-face was worth it. The Pentium Extreme Edition scores in this review even gives them plausible cover for the dissonance. I'm happy for them.
 
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