A small note for Core Duo MacBook Owners
Don’t worry too much about the shiny new Core 2 Duo machines. Going from a 2GHz Core Duo MacBook to a 2GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook will net you no perceptible performance increase.
Remember when you replaced your PowerBook (or iBook) with the MacBook? The day and night difference, the way apps seemed to launch half a second before you clicked the icon? There is none of that here. You might shave a few seconds off of lengthy compiles (in my case 20 seconds saved on a seven minute build time), but you aren’t going to notice any difference in real-life usage.
Now, that doesn’t mean Leopard and its 64-bit GUI libraries won’t change the playing field. But right now there’s no real difference. Besides, by the time Leopard ships you will probably be able to buy a 2.1+ GHz MacBook anyways.
