We are already just about there. My MacBook 1,1 (late 2006) gets about 2300 on Geekbench 2. A new Mac Pro gets 25,000, so it's over 10 times as fast, right? Wr

We are already just about there. My MacBook 1,1 (late 2006) gets about 2300 on Geekbench 2. A new Mac Pro gets 25,000, so it's over 10 times as fast, right? Wrong. A new Mac Pro has about twice the single-threaded performance, according to the Geekbench scores. Compare this: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/339104 http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/339104 to this: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/281328 http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/281328 OK, memory bandwidth is a lot better, about 5 times as fast, but otherwise the performance gains are pretty shoddy. Processors have not been getting much better at single-threaded work. Keep in mind, this is comparing a cheap laptop to an expensive workstation. If a cheap fab is 5 years behind Intel, it's already breathing down Intel's neck.