Macbook Forum Post: My Black MacBook is no slouch and beats my Dual 2.5GHz

Hi Everyone,
I jusy came about this post on the Macbook forum and could not believe it. Maybe it's a good thing I did not upgrade to the Quad from my 2.7 dual.
Regards,
David
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=494735&tstart=0

Yes, the Core Duo Macs are fast. That's no secret. They also have small drives, limited memory, limited video and limited expansion.
Whatever replaces the PowerMac is going to be very fast. I'm hoping they'll have more than 4 cores. I'll get one next year, but I'll probably get a MacBook before then.

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