It wouldn’t be the first time you know. Apple has over the years received special attention when it comes to the brainy silicon chips that power everything inside our computers. Everyone is currently rantin’ and ravin’ about the Core i7 iMac’s (both good and bad). And for most general consuemrs, the Core i7 (heck, even the Core 2 Duo and i5 variants) are more than plenty. But we’re not “normal” are we? New word on the streets is...

Shocker! 6 cores are better than 4 with the up and coming top dog Core i7 chips performing roughly 50% faster on complex, optimized programs. I can already see you drooling, thinking out loud: “The Core i7 is just becoming mainstream and we’re already talking about it’s replacement?” Such is the world we live in folks, it never stops. But apart from constantly evolving “top dogs”, I have to say that the Core i9 power advantage is...