Apple does a really bad job of naming anything, hardware specs, requirements, etc. Of course no one seemed to plan for the eventual quad-core processor. You have a quad, but it is dual-processor first and foremost, and uses dual-core CPUs.

The G5 Quad was the first called a quad or quad-core and it was of course dual processor also, like yours. In March '07 Apple offered the first single processor with 4-cores, dual 4-core. And now we see some systems called '8-core'. It is still what it is and you can call it a quad or two dual-cores or dual socket. 2008 was only 4-core processors, in single and dual socket (CPU) configurations. Same as 2009 in essence, though.

And 2008 (Penryn) was actually. A quad core, but was not 'native' and was two dual-core processors in one package. That made the 8-core to have four dual-core chips if you will. Inefficient sharing of L3 cache and higher latency as a result.

A quad core CPU has 4 cores on one chip. You have two chips, with two cores on each.

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In some respects, that's better than a single quad core CPU. You have a second set of interrupts and data pathways. The big problem with multi-core CPUs is that there's only one path in and out for however many cores there are.

Wacom bamboo fun cth 661 driver. So it's kind of like how you can have as many phones as you want in a house, there's still only one phone line to make/receive calls. If someone is on the phone already, you have to wait.

If one core on a CPU is busy sending out data, the other core(s) will just have to wait until it's done. The benefit to having a second actual CPU, is that it's like adding a second phone line to your house. Now two people can be on the phone, talking to different people at the same time. Or in the case of a computer, two bits of data can be shipped out at the same time, one from each CPU. Apple Footer.

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I have learned today that I will be able to get broadband at a semi-affordable price through a community based private company. I have Pogue's Panther Missing Manual which has answered a lot of questions about internet sharing via wire and airport. One question he doesn't seem to answer is about neighbors sharing an internet connection. (The hardware seems to be a small pad that we point at the transmitter tower which costs $500 including hookup and the monthly fee is $80. If a group of say three neighbors got together, this could lower the cost to a reasonable level.) What kind of ethernet wire should we run between the houses and what is the maximum range of this connection? They say Airport Extreme is about 150 feet and I assume a wire should be a lot more? I have learned today that I will be able to get broadband at a semi-affordable price through a community based private company.

I have Pogue's Panther Missing Manual which has answered a lot of questions about internet sharing via wire and airport. One question he doesn't seem to answer is about neighbors sharing an internet connection. (The hardware seems to be a small pad that we point at the transmitter tower which costs $500 including hookup and the monthly fee is $80. If a group of say three neighbors got together, this could lower the cost to a reasonable level.) What kind of ethernet wire should we run between the houses and what is the maximum range of this connection? They say Airport Extreme is about 150 feet and I assume a wire should be a lot more?

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Click to expand.For ethernet one normally uses Cat-5 twisted pair cable. This is available for outdoor use. The normal maximum recommended length is 100 meters. To go longer than that, you could break up into 100 meter stretches with a hub or switch at each break. Or you could use fiber optic cable for the long runs, but then you need to convert back to something your computers can use at each house.

Another option to consider is using WIFI and directional antennas to connect each house to wherever your big antenna (pointed at the sky) is. I have learned today that I will be able to get broadband at a semi-affordable price through a community based private company. I have Pogue's Panther Missing Manual which has answered a lot of questions about internet sharing via wire and airport. One question he doesn't seem to answer is about neighbors sharing an internet connection.

(The hardware seems to be a small pad that we point at the transmitter tower which costs $500 including hookup and the monthly fee is $80. If a group of say three neighbors got together, this could lower the cost to a reasonable level.) What kind of ethernet wire should we run between the houses and what is the maximum range of this connection? They say Airport Extreme is about 150 feet and I assume a wire should be a lot more? For ethernet one normally uses Cat-5 twisted pair cable. This is available for outdoor use.

The normal maximum recommended length is 100 meters. To go longer than that, you could break up into 100 meter stretches with a hub or switch at each break. Or you could use fiber optic cable for the long runs, but then you need to convert back to something your computers can use at each house.

Another option to consider is using WIFI and directional antennas to connect each house to wherever your big antenna (pointed at the sky) is.