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Macbook Pro 13" with i5 shows 4 processors in activity monitor. Is this correct?

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5/8/11 at 6:45pm
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My son got a Macbook Pro 13" with the dual core i5 processors and when you go into the activity monitor, it shows 4 processors. It also shows 4 processors in menumeters.

Is this right? I thought activity monitor was supposed to show 2 processors since it's a dual core i5?

Thanks to all who reply...

- Mark

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/index.html
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- Mark

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5/8/11 at 10:02pm
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Originally Posted by sc_markt View Post

My son got a Macbook Pro 13" with the dual core i5 processors and when you go into the activity monitor, it shows 4 processors. It also shows 4 processors in menumeters.

Is this right? I thought activity monitor was supposed to show 2 processors since it's a dual core i5?

Thanks to all who reply...

Yes - you're seeing the two "extra" cores provided by hyperthreading.
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5/9/11 at 6:19am
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Yes - you're seeing the two "extra" cores provided by hyperthreading.

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- Mark

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/index.html
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