Core 2 Duo: It is A Killer!

The NDA covering Core 2 Duo (Conroe) has expired, and one can now find plenty of tests on the web related to the new Intel desktop CPU.
All of them confirm what we already knew. This processor is a really high level performance CPU while draining less power than competitors.
This is an additional information to better understand Apple decision last year to move to x86 CPU.
Among all tests, AnandTech's one is as usual well documented: AnandTech