Apple A5X quad-core confusion, explained

Re:Apple A5X quad-core confusion, explained by jsz0 on Thursday March 08, 2012 @03:25PM (#3681421)

I wasn't very confused to start with. Is it fast enough? Yes/No? Yes.

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Re:Apple A5X quad-core confusion, explained by jarek on Thursday March 08, 2012 @03:56PM (#3681588)

Very hacker-like attitude indeed. /s

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Re:Apple A5X quad-core confusion, explained by oemera on Thursday March 08, 2012 @06:19PM (#3682189)

At the end of the day this is what counts. Is it fast or not. What else are more cores for if not for more speed and performance.

I don't like that attitude calling someone not hacker-like because he doesn't cares about cores! It's all about creating something better and that has nothing to do with counting cores.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)

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Re:Apple A5X quad-core confusion, explained by batista on Thursday March 08, 2012 @08:41PM (#3682540)

Actually it IS very hacker-like.

Hackers care about using the machine to DO (as in "hack") stuff. Faster, ok, better. Most top notch programmers could not care less if they have a state of the art CPU or not.

What it is not, is very tinkerer-like.

Tinkerers use the machine just to use the machine, and they eat precise specs for breakfast.

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