Utilities | CPU Speed Menu | Intel CPUs are fully supported. CPU switching depends on Apple's support

CPU Speed Menu

switch CPU performance setting by a single mouse click

Version: 1.4

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Intel CPUs are fully supported. CPU switching depends on Apple's support

Feedback Type: Developer Note

Contributed by: Tuesday, January 02 2007 @ 02:09 AM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

@acfromberg: Please don't misuse the VersionTracker platform to spread misinformation.

As specified in the manual and product information of CPU Speed Menu, the tool can be used on all computers for which Apple supports manual speed switching. This includes systems with Intel processors. CPU Speed Menu has been tested on Intel Macs and non-Mac PCs which are using Pentium 4 processors, and it works fine.

You are right that Apple currently doesn't support manual speed switching on systems with Intel Core and Xeon 5100 technology. Current versions of Mac OS X lock those processors in automatic speed switching mode, using a feature called EIST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology). This may or may not change in future versions of Mac OS X.

We have made VersionTracker aware that they posted an incorrect paragraph in the product description, claiming that CPU Speed Menu could be used on all portable Macs. They should correct their mistake within a few hours.

Marcel Bresink Software Systems
Customer Care and Support