Why aren't iApps Multi-Processor Aware?
Probably a dumb question but I have never understood this. Would making iApps MPA be too expensive?
I anticipate iWork apps wouldn't benefit, but it seems like iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto (whose sluggish performance has been a crticism in the past), GarageBand, and perhaps even iTunes(?) would benefit and that the performance would impress consumers considering a switch to the Mac platform.
The iMac is the consumer flagship of Apple desktops, and with its Intel core-duos and increased RAM capacity,wouldn't users derive performance gains that would create a better experience and impression?
If iLife is not MPA, are the benefits from the core duo primarily related to an ability to have many apps open?
When Jobs revealed the planned switch to Intel, he said that Apple had always been developing OS X for both PowerPC and Intel, a process that obviously increased costs. Will they stop writing OS X for powerPC, and if so, would it make financial sense to instead put that effort into projects like re-writes Apple apps to make them multi-procsseor aware?
If Apple only devlops OSX for intel now, where else might that effort be applied now?
I anticipate iWork apps wouldn't benefit, but it seems like iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto (whose sluggish performance has been a crticism in the past), GarageBand, and perhaps even iTunes(?) would benefit and that the performance would impress consumers considering a switch to the Mac platform.
The iMac is the consumer flagship of Apple desktops, and with its Intel core-duos and increased RAM capacity,wouldn't users derive performance gains that would create a better experience and impression?
If iLife is not MPA, are the benefits from the core duo primarily related to an ability to have many apps open?
When Jobs revealed the planned switch to Intel, he said that Apple had always been developing OS X for both PowerPC and Intel, a process that obviously increased costs. Will they stop writing OS X for powerPC, and if so, would it make financial sense to instead put that effort into projects like re-writes Apple apps to make them multi-procsseor aware?
If Apple only devlops OSX for intel now, where else might that effort be applied now?
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