[SOLVED] Why don't the MAC uses Hexacore

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I am a Window user planning to buy MAC.

However I am little amazed to find that none of the Mac laptops come with a hexacore. I mean I like there aesthetic looks but inside they use pretty old hardware, Air comes with a dual core , Mac Book pro comes with quads at the max.

Hexacores are not just for gaming, I wanted to use as I planned to use lots of windows applications paralleley using parallelx etc but the max you can get is a quad.
 
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NO REALLY?! :lol:

thats not true

Totally is.

OP, the only hexacores (apart from server chips) are AMD (and Apple doesn't use AMD CPUs) and i7-980/990X, which cost $1000.. with Apple's magical tax it would convert to $2000. And these are desktop chips. There're no laptop 6-cores, AFAIK.

Seriously, a power user like you won't see ANY benefit from a Mac. They're made for computer illiterate people and serve them well... for double the price. There's NOTHING you'll gain from Mac. "Better OS optimization?" A myth; worked with a C2D MacBook Air last week; as slow/fast as any other non-tweaked Windows C2D laptop. "Better...


Maybe not half. Maybe just 30% less. Still, don't see why waste more money for the same performance/looks. My box isn't lifeless, it's soon to be filled with shiny LED fans! :kaola:
 


I remember shiny LED fans (I preferred, white, blue and purple). Oh well, I'll just have to make do with the lifeless industrial look. 30% may be too high...I've seen some expensive Dell and HP wks, but its not worth arguing about.
 


For the Emperor's sake, f@!k pre-built once and for all. And Macs don't look "industrial", they look teenage-BS-fashion. Industrial case? Most of the $30 cases look like that - TRULY lifeless black boxes. Here's one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154095
 


Your opinion is your opinion. You're certainly entitled to it.
 
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