[jevinskie]

Wouldn't it make more sense to enable it from the get go if it is really available and not locked out for yield purposes?

[msbarnett]

Yeah.

The simplest and most plausible explanation here is that they're using the Apple TV's relatively low performance demands as a way to get some use out of A5s with defective cores

[mrleinad]

Not if you're planning to advertise the next version of your product as "now it has a dual-core processor"