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Display your CPU's true speed
I would be willing to bet, that all of you are seeing the effects of Apple's new "Processor and Bus Slewing" technology at work. The basics of this technology, is that when the computer senses that it is only being used at a small portion of its capabilities, it slows the bus AND processor speeds down to conserve power, and reduce heat. When the computer detects a higher demand of the processor, it kicks back up to the faster speed. Since a lot of what we do with a computer would be the same speed running at 500 Mhz as 1 Ghz, who cares? Typing email, browsing the internet, typing command line commands, will likely put the computer into the slower speed, and when you check the system speed, it will show the slower speed. The reason you can't see the difference in most cases, and the benchmarks don't show any difference, is that the computer is able to make these adjustments efficiently enough, so that it is undetectable to the user. The following is excerpted from Apple's Developer page.
Display your CPU's true speed
I don't buy what Apple is trying to tell us here...."Don't pay attention to the clock speed returned in the terminal..." What are they hiding from us. Why is my 800 MHz PowerBook G4 really returning 677 MHz. Maybe they just want to avoid a class action? I want this problem resolved Now! Proof, not chatter !
Display your CPU's true speed
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