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Quick impression.

Started Mar 30, 2014 | User reviews thread
Johan Borg Veteran Member • Posts: 3,433
Re: Quick impression.

Lin Evans wrote:

Apple dropped the Motorola 6800 years ago and went to Intel CPU's..... Virtually all modern MacIntosh computers have Intel CPU's.

To nitpick, Apple dropped 68k processors two decades ago and used PowerPC processors until 2006. All new Macs since then run on Intel/x86.

In any case, Sigma Photo Pro doesn't seem to rely much on the GPU, but is capable of using multiple CPU cores efficiently, so a cheap quad core CPU will typically outrun an expensive dual core. In practical terms, the cheapest 15" Macbook Pro Retina will be significantly faster than a top-spec'ed 13" even if the dual core processor of the 13 inch has a much higher clock speed.

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