The outstanding X factor of the Core 2 Quad for me is first of all, the very non-proportional power consumption/ Heat output, in a good way. I saw for myself that the power drawn is not a huge amount over the Core 2 Duo even with Quad Cores. This is rather pleasing when you know that it is technically a double serving of a Core 2 Duo. The overclocking, particularly with this latest Stepping 7 batch of processors, is impressive as well, for you can blast it up 30% without much effort. This will probably be the final stepping before the processor "goes gold". Yet the lack of good and wide-spread multi-threading support in many applications throws a wet blanket on it, and we do not see it performing up to it's potential in many cases unless one is in a processor intensive multi-tasking environment. An ambitious step forward and a great show of technology nonetheless... we should get there soon brothers!

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