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   In article ,   
    Randy Howard  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > znu@fake.invalid says...   
   > > In article ,   
   > >  Randy Howard  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > In article ,   
   > > > znu@fake.invalid says...   
   > > > > Dual core will matter to the markets targeted by Xserves and G5 towers.   
   > > >   
   > > > People with a dual-processor box like a G5 tower don't need dual core   
   > > > at all, unless you think that multithreaded apps on the G5 are so   
   > > > slow they need 4 CPUs to get there.   
   > >   
   > > A lot of the tasks for which people buy G5 towers still push the   
   > > capabilities of today's hardware quite a bit. HD video editing, for   
   > > instance. Of course, Apple is trying to unload some of this sort of   
   > > thing on the GPU, but fast processors are still a must. And four fast   
   > > processors (effectively) are better than two.   
   >   
   > True, but I doubt that the majority of people with G5 dual towers are   
   > running high load averages currently.   
      
   Why would the average matter? What matters in determining if a faster   
   system will help is the peak.   
      
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