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C2D imac appearing faster than i5..?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1025131" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>My best guess is that the C2D at 3.06 probably is faster than the i5 at 2.66 for most things currently. That will change over the next two years. It won't be faster for video/audio encoding or any app that can take advantage of the 4 cores.</p><p></p><p>You want the faster machine today, send back the i5. You want the one that will be faster with the apps coming out over the next two years, I'd recommend keeping the i5.</p><p></p><p>edit:</p><p>I was typing as you were posting. I'd say, you kept the better machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1025131, member: 24160"] My best guess is that the C2D at 3.06 probably is faster than the i5 at 2.66 for most things currently. That will change over the next two years. It won't be faster for video/audio encoding or any app that can take advantage of the 4 cores. You want the faster machine today, send back the i5. You want the one that will be faster with the apps coming out over the next two years, I'd recommend keeping the i5. edit: I was typing as you were posting. I'd say, you kept the better machine. [/QUOTE]
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