Jayce, First, excellent choice. The Core 2 Extreme is an awesome processor and the iMac can't get much sexier than this (in my opinion).
I believe it's the difference between a 4M and 8M cache, and _possibly_ a 1066MHz and 1333Mhz BUS difference other than clock speed, from what I can tell. I wish Apple gave the SKUs of the CPUs they use so I could tell you for sure, and googling came up with nada. But with those differences, you'll be able to push more through the pipes faster. Both chips are 65nm-based by the way. I went to: http://compare.intel.com/pcc/default.aspx?familyID=1&culture=en-US, to compare the different families. Regards, Scott On 8/9/07, Scott Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > On 8/9/07, Jason Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > [snip] > > I am planning on keeping the machine for quite a while (that's a lot of > > money), so anything to help it's lifespan would be nice. But that's a > bit > > of money for an upgrade. So help me out, because googling is just > leading > > me to a lot of press anouncements, and worthless pages that tell me > nothing > > about the actual chip difference/value. > > > > -- > > Jayce^ > > I've had pretty good luck calling their hotline and dropping the 99 > questions I have at any one time. YMMV, but I think they'll do a good > job. good luck :) > > Scott > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
