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Hi,
I have sitting on my desk two imacs, one of which I am sending back. I have both versions of the 27 inch, but something is puzzling me:
Why does my Core 2 Duo version seem to be faster than the i5 version? All I can think of is that the two extra cores in the i5 aren't being used, so it is basically running at 2.66Ghz, while the core 2 duo is running at 3.06Ghz. But then the i5 is supposed to have this TurboBoost technology, so that theory doesn't hold up.
Using the OS X UI seems to be smoother on the c2d than the i5, as does regular web browsing, word processing, other low level tasks etc.. As of yet I have no super resource intensive programs installed on either machine so I can't compare them there. Strangely, the graphics on the i5 seems to struggle when playing some online games, jumping a little.
The mouse seems to track across the screen faster on the c2d, even though both machines have identical settings for the mouse.
Could I be missing any drivers anywhere? Both imacs are pretty much straight out of the box..
Of course I could just be going mad..
I have sitting on my desk two imacs, one of which I am sending back. I have both versions of the 27 inch, but something is puzzling me:
Why does my Core 2 Duo version seem to be faster than the i5 version? All I can think of is that the two extra cores in the i5 aren't being used, so it is basically running at 2.66Ghz, while the core 2 duo is running at 3.06Ghz. But then the i5 is supposed to have this TurboBoost technology, so that theory doesn't hold up.
Using the OS X UI seems to be smoother on the c2d than the i5, as does regular web browsing, word processing, other low level tasks etc.. As of yet I have no super resource intensive programs installed on either machine so I can't compare them there. Strangely, the graphics on the i5 seems to struggle when playing some online games, jumping a little.
The mouse seems to track across the screen faster on the c2d, even though both machines have identical settings for the mouse.
Could I be missing any drivers anywhere? Both imacs are pretty much straight out of the box..
Of course I could just be going mad..