EE Times is tipping dual-processor Macs for next week's MacWorld. With Intel just about to go to 2.2GHz, Mac processor speeds are looking archaic in a market that somewhat simplistically equates clock cycles with performance. Nothing new about dual-processor machines on the desktop, of course: Windows NT has supported multiple processors from birth, and multiprocessor NT/Windows 2000/XP servers have been common for years. Be, an Apple breakaway, also started with dual-processor BeBox desktops in 1995-96, when the idea still had some novelty value. But Apple's first run at a dual-processor G4 last summer did not meet with an enthusiastic response, as CNet reported. And until Apple's Unix-based OS X is ready for prime time, it's hard to see any point in dual-processor iMacs.
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