34 design flaws found in Intel's Dual Core chip

Sorry the link above went mayhem.
heres another...

http://powerbookdefect.info/

Yeah so this Pc chip is full of errors... No news really, pretty expected I think... So are you gonne buy one of the "normal" powerbooks allready out insted?
WAIT! They happen to have a serious echo issue with the soundcard!
PLease check this link BEFORE BUYING ANY New LAPTOP/POWERBOOK from Apple!
http://powerbookdefect.info/
http://powerbookdefect.info/
http://powerbookdefect.info/
http://powerbookdefect.info/

Mac Diva,

Somehow the hyperlink got scrambled. If you copy the text and paste it into your browser it should work.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/01/23/intel_macs_25pc_faster/

I agree with you on how I should probably ignore these type of articles, but if it's something that shows up where many people I know (myself included) check the news, (news.google.com) then I don't appreciate the spread of false information and we should let the writers know.

I'm not sure the article Queso is talking about is permanently gone from "The Register," but I got a 404 error when I tried to access it.

I expect more drivel headlines about Apple now that its profile has risen so much. Sites like TUAW will soon get more competition from new sites that have next to no actual information, but can increase their ad revenue with headlines of "Apple this" and "iPod that." For that reason, I don't look at Apple news unless it is from an established newspaper, broadcast medium or tech site.

The design flaws hysteria reminds me of dead pixel hysteria. Something that is the norm is made to sound like an outrage.

there seems to be some people trying to give the new chips bad press. here is a link to a guy who's article is full of crap. he states the intel macs are only 1/4 not 4x as fast but fails to realize the 4x is for MacBook Pros and not iMacs. i called him out on this and he added a sentence to his article about how iMacs are advertised as 2x but he failed to correct his headline which is still "Intel Macs only one fourth, not four times as fast" even though there is only mention of benchmark testing for the iMac and not the MacBook Pro. if you read the rest of the article, you can tell he has no clue what he's writing about. he thinks that the iLife apps are run under Rosetta on the intel Macs as well. please help in getting this garbage off the net i can't believe it's even linked from google news.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/01/23/intel_macs_25pc_faster/

I agree with the previous posts. In addition, Apple is not the only computer manufacturer who is using the new core duo chips. I'll bet Dell et al. are absolutely delighted that the FUD from this article is directed almost entirely at Apple. I noticed that my Apple stock dropped 2% today thanks to everyone who posted this knee-jerk article without disclaiming Apple's involvement nor a comparison of the Core Duo's bugs alongside other chips.
I apologize for ranting but I've read this article (or link, I should say, since it's hardly news) on no fewer than 4 other websites already today.
This article doesn't warrant the attention it is receiving.
-Ben

I'm not sure why this is being splashed around as news. To scare off new iMac buyers? Every chip has flaws, including all the PowerPC chips we've been using for years. I wish this would stop showing up as a headline on all the Mac news sites. Do we really need the FUD?

"The MPC7410 family of chips (aka G4) from Freescale (formally part of Motorola) has 21 errata currently listed: MPC7410CE.pdf [freescale.com]

The MPC7447 family of chips (aka G4) from Freescale has 36 errata currently listed: MPC7457CE.pdf [freescale.com]

The PPC 970FX (aka G5) from IBM has 24 errata currently listed: 970fx_errata_dd3.x_v1.6.pdf [ibm.com]"

There are 151.6M transistors in a Core Duo. If you can do something 151.6M times without making any mistakes, sign up for a job with the nearest chip fab. Or hospital.

It is important to note that every processor has flaws when it's released.

Engadget has a fairly succinct write-up: http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/24/core-duo-bugs-crisis-or-commonplace/