Stephen A. Smith wrote:
> on a separate note, how do the Core Duo chips compare to the pentiumD? 
> both are dual-core chips, but are the Core Duos able to crunch numbers
> faster?  


It depends on the application. If it is a multithreading one (uses multiple threads at the 
same time), then it takes advantage of more than one processors or cores, that are available.

Also individual applications will be shared among the multiple processors or cores.