yeah so apple released the new macbook pros. basically i want to get a 15" MBP but what is the differene between this years 2.2GHz model and last years 2.6 GHz model. Shouldn’t last years be faster what am i missing? and could you please explain it too me?

What do these specs mean?

Operating Frequency(GHz)
Hyper Transports
L2 Cache
L3 Cache
64 bit Support
Hyper-Transport Support
Virtualization Technology Support

Operating freqeuncy is the measure of raw processing power right? As in the number of operation it can perform in a second. A 1ghz cpu can perform 1 billion operations per second right?

What are hyper transports?

What does each level of cache do? Is it where data is stored before being processed by CPU? If so, is data only stored there when there is too much data being given to the CPU for proccessing that it has to wait there, or is data always transfered into the cache. What is the difference between the different levels of Cache?

I understand that 64 bit architechture gives you 2^64 memory adresses rather than 2^32 increasing the amound of RAM that can be used. Are there any other advantages of 64 bit? And disadvantages?

What is Virtualization Technology?

What is the difference between GFLOPS and GHz? What does each mean, and how does it affect performance? What other factors affect processor performance, other than raw GHz? I know that old pentium CPUs clocked at like 4 Ghz, but they suck compared to modern 2.1 GHz CPU’s.

Also how can the PA semi CPU clocked at like 700 mhz used in the iPhone render 3D graphics better than the 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU? Is it because the PA semi chip has a better onboard graphics controller?

Do all CPUs have an onboard graphics controller or just ones meant for crappy computers?

I know these are a lot of questions, but i would really appreciate it if you gave me a somewhat in depth explanation, suitable for a 9th grader, or atleast a link to a good site. Im not stupid, so please dont dumb it down too much.

double the price and half the processing power, and there are no good games for macs as well. Sure there are .exe simulators but it is slow and still you dont have the processing power to play some of the better games.

I built a pc that can run any game on the market today and runs windows 7 flawlessly in under 400 dollars… how does it feel to pay 1000-3000 dollars for a mac that cant do much anything other than what was already installed on it?
also if something new on the market comes up that is better i can install that on my pc and get rid of the outdated piece of equipment. and spend a max of 200 dollars for the replacement… you have to buy another 1000-3000 dollar computer for a graphics upgrade.

Also I havnt had a crash or virus yet in 2 months… how does it feel macs? how does it feel…

also do urself a favor and get something not from apple to run ur fail OSX on

http://psystar.com/

My computer has 2.2 ghz of processing power and 256 mb video card it also has 512 mbs of ram and i use a cable modem that can get around 745kbs i think the problem might be my ram cause i get lag spikes during wow. any suggestions on what i can do to help this?