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NOT TRUE - Display your CPU's true speed
Authored by: inchhigh on Dec 05, '03 12:09:07AM

Don't bother with this hint, it's been well discussed in many other mac forums, there was an extremely long thread on apples discussion boards. The command returns an incorrect speed on a few powerbooks (and maybe others).

If you don't believe me do some real benchmarking (it feels faster doesn't count) and you will find that whatever sysctl reports you will get the same performance. If you go to Energy Saver and do the same tests with your processor on low and high, you will see a great difference in performance.



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