As I posted earlier this week, Apple has released its upgraded MacBook Pro notebook computers. Perhaps less noticed and/or overlooked in the hoopla is the fact that Mac OS X (Tiger) has been enhanced for the Intel Core 2 Duo processors. From its Press Release:
“Apple has enhanced Mac OS® X to take advantage of the technology advances from Intel’s Core 2 Duo processors, resulting in increased performance in professional applications like Aperture™ 1.5, Final Cut Pro® 5 and Logic Pro 7.”
The new MacBook Pro notebooks ship with Mac OS X 10.4.8, which was just released on September 29, 2006. Switch to a Mac points out that Microsoft cannot make a claim that their current shipping operating system Windows XP has been enhanced to leverage the Intel Core 2 Duo.
This enhancement provides yet another advantage in the Mac OS X versus Windows OS comparison, as it demonstrates the inherent modern architecture of the Mac OS X operating system and that Apple can introduce updates to a shipping version of their operating system to leverage new processor features and technologies.
Source: “Mac OS X Tiger Now Enhanced for Intel Core 2 Duo” published at Switch To A Mac.
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