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When Apple began using Intel's processors in their machines, who knew that Intel was going to allow them rights to the fastest products available before everyone else? We saw it happen with the Quad-Core 3.0GHz Xeon, which until recently had only been available on the Mac Pro.
According to rumors, when Intel's Penryn-based processors are released next month, Apple will again have the fastest offering exclusive to them, at 3.2GHz. By comparison, the PC side will have the QX9650 at 3.0GHz available at launch. The good thing in all of this is that the small clock bump doesn't mean much of anything, since a minor flick of a switch in the BIOS would match the same frequency of the 3.2GHz, without as much as a voltage bump.
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Apple's modern day equivalent to such a system would be its custom-configuded 8-Core Mac Pro, which employs two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Clovertown" processors running on a 1333MHz front-side bus and retailing for $4000. The report suggests that Apple anticipates selling so many of these niche machines, that other PC manufacturers like Dell and HP would barely have enough supply of the 3.2GHz chips to announce availability of rival offerings.
Source: AppleInsider
According to rumors, when Intel's Penryn-based processors are released next month, Apple will again have the fastest offering exclusive to them, at 3.2GHz. By comparison, the PC side will have the QX9650 at 3.0GHz available at launch. The good thing in all of this is that the small clock bump doesn't mean much of anything, since a minor flick of a switch in the BIOS would match the same frequency of the 3.2GHz, without as much as a voltage bump.
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Apple's modern day equivalent to such a system would be its custom-configuded 8-Core Mac Pro, which employs two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Clovertown" processors running on a 1333MHz front-side bus and retailing for $4000. The report suggests that Apple anticipates selling so many of these niche machines, that other PC manufacturers like Dell and HP would barely have enough supply of the 3.2GHz chips to announce availability of rival offerings.
Source: AppleInsider