Originally Posted By: joemikeb
Originally Posted By: artie505
Originally Posted By: plantsower
I noticed some of the new mac notebooks have less ghz than the old ones.

I imagine that's because they've got newer, more efficient processors, but someone who's either got expertise or reads a lot will have to provide a definitive answer.

To quote the old country store philosopher, "Well now I wouldn't say that."

Which is why I backed away from it in my next post.

Originally Posted By: artie505
...maybe it's about heat control, i.e. some machines like MacBooks and MacBook Airs are so thin that faster processors would generate more heat than they could handle.

If newer Macs of the same model have "slower" processors than their predecessors, that could be efficiency...maybe.


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