[Osx-nutters] for what it's worth (8 proc Mac test)

[David Cake]

>
>Although you could understand that Apple does not want to invest 
>time in making the iApps multicore aware; on the other hand, Apple's 
>pro solutions for video (Final Cut or Motion) don't currently 
>benefit of multicore processing either. They are probably working on 
>it, and Apple will probably add 8 core-based Mac Pro to its catalog 
>at that time. Indeed, having such hardware today will not be useful 
>as one will not really benefit from its power while the premium 
>price will be very high.
>Let's hope that Apple will unveil new versions of FCP and Motion at 
>the NAB, paving the way for Xeon 5355 based Mac Pros for the future 
>revision. Last but not least, Leopard might also introduce some 
>multicore accelerations, making it possible to run non-multicore 
>aware applications faster. 

	The only Pro app I use much is Logic. That will cheerfully 
farm out processing to entirely different machines - you'd think 
using other processors on the same machine wouldn't be a stretch.
	Cheers
		David
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