Hi all,

We need a new system and are considering the 2012 3.33 6-core or if we still can get our hands on it a 2011 2.4 8-core. Playback of HD content is important.
Will there be a great performance difference in general between those because more cores is more virtual cores or will the processor power make up for the 6-core?
I suppose we can still boot in the 2012 in snow leopard because it still has the 5.1 form factor?

Thanks,

P