Ok, I think I have the answer. Quadcore is the high end then if you add hyper threading you get 8 "virtual cores (apple's term not mine) or more accurately the OS thinks there are 8 cores which is a product of hyper threading.
Sounds more reasonable. Thanks Scott On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > Hmmm. > > I just had a look at wikipedia and there do seem to be quad core > notebook cpu's but I can't find an 8 core. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_microprocessors > > On 03/11/2010, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well I believe my MBP has 8 cores so I'm not sure about that unless I >> misunderstood. Could be two processors I have no idea the physical >> configuration. >> >> On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >> >>> I think if you have one of the really expencive golftown i7's you can >>> get upto 6 cores, but I'm pretty sure that you can't get that in a >>> note book. >>> >>> I think some more quad notebook parts will be introduced with sandy >>> bridge. >>> >>> On 03/11/2010, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> For those hardware crazed individuals out there... Try MacTracker. I >>>> used it about 10 years ago, when I needed to know about programing in >>>> detail. It knows technical specifications of most Macintosh models. >>>> I am not sure if it works with Voice Over though. >>>> >>>> The website is http://www.mactracker.ca/ >>>> Best regards, >>>> Jon >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/11/2010, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I'm not sure I think they go more than 4 cores. >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> If you've got an I7 procesor, then you have 1 processor. However built >>>>>> into >>>>>> that is two separate processors, or more like two pathways for things >>>>>> to >>>>>> work on / down. >>>>>> Infact I thought the I7 range was quad core. Interesting. >>>>>> \ and without a doubt. The i7 and i5 range of processors are 64 bit, >>>>>> which >>>>>> means it can handle both 32 & 64 bit systems. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joshua Loya >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2010 11:59 a.m. >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: 64 bit processors >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I am unable to tell whether the processor in my Macbook Pro is 32 or 64 >>>>>> bit. >>>>>> I have a 15" Macbook Pro with an I7 processor. In the system profiler, >>>>>> is >>>>>> says that there is one processor and 2 cores. 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