Microsoft has nothing to do with overclocking, they're a software company. Overclocking is a function of the machine's hardware... specifically the CPU and the motherboard chipset.

Furthermore, it's not a given all PCs support overclocking. If your device's CPU doesn't have modifiable clock multipliers then you're out of luck. Intel sells the "K" series CPUs (Core i7-2600K) which explicitly support overclocking. AMD has a similar overclock-friendly CPU line.

These days Apple hardware uses Intel CPUs, but the ability to overclock is not "free", just like 75% of the other PCs out there... You can't overclock the Atom processor in your Netbook, but I don't hear you whining about that.

Alan

On 11/11/2011 04:33 PM, aki wrote:

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:26 PM, <ashok+skunkworks@parliaments.info> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:18 PM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:

Obviously apps running on M$ and overclocking in BIOS. How does one overclock a MAC...or is it still too backward to allow control of its hardware too? ;-)

No idea -- google is your friend.

you've never done it on a MAC?! shocking discovery. So your MAC just looks good? Thank M$ and Intel for allowing you experience what hardware and over clocking is... :-)
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