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Re: E3 2006

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Originally Posted by Joe Matt
Acutally, just to calrify, each proc after the main one is a co-proc, so this isn't a septa-core system.

Actually, at the core of it is...... wait for it.....

A 3.2GHZ PPC! YES! The same that the XBox 360 has, only $200 more expensive!
And the real winner here is IBM, who makes the chips for not one, not two, but all three of the major videogame companies. The PowerPC will be living on way into the future, just not as Mac hardware...
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