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   From: znu@fake.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    Randy Howard  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > znu@fake.invalid says...   
      
   [snip]   
      
   > Dual core is meaningless to most consumers, unless they are running   
   > multi-threaded applications, which are not that common today in   
   > general.  Photoshop fans will be happy to have it though.   
   >   
   > It's a different story in the server and blade markets where density   
   > and thermal issues rule the day.  HP is shipping a dual-core blade   
   > now that should be perfect for that crowd.   
      
   Dual core will matter to the markets targeted by Xserves and G5 towers.   
      
   As far as the battle for consumer processors, that's already over, and   
   everybody won. In the consumer market, everything currently on the   
   market is more than fast enough, at least for everyone except high-end   
   gamers (and they should really care more about what's happening with   
   GPUs than CPUs).   
      
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