What are the benefits of having a dual processor G4 or G5?

midiw · Post by **midiw** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:37 pm

I've never really understood the benefits of having dual processor Mac.

westla · Post by **westla** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:56 pm

ummm .. two processors instead of one.

giles117 · Post by **giles117** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:07 pm

Efficiency. Example a Dual 450 G4 is more efficient than a single 933 Mhz G4.

Tasks are split between 2 brains instead of one. Basically

Read this if you havent already...

http://www.apple.com/powermac/dualcore.html

midiw · Post by **midiw** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:25 am

giles117 wrote:Efficiency. Example a Dual 450 G4 is more efficient than a single 933 Mhz G4.

Tasks are split between 2 brains instead of one. Basically

OK, thanks.

I have a dual 1.25 GHz G4 and what I find strange is that when I have a "printing" job in progress my other applications such as DP just crawl. ( Running TIGER )

Are the dual G5's the same?

giles117 · Post by **giles117** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:33 pm

midiw wrote:Are the dual G5's the same?

Not that I have noticed