“The speed of Mac OS X running on Intel hardware is impressing some developers who’ve been privy to one of Apple’s first Intel-based developer transition systems,” AppleInsider reports. “The systems started shipping to Mac OS X developers three weeks ago, each equipped with a 3.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor with 2 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz front-side bus, 1GB of 533MHz DDR2 Dual Channel SDRAM, and an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900.”
“”It’s fast,’ said one developer source of Mac OS X running on Intel’s Pentium processors. ‘Faster than [Mac OS X] on my Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5,'” AppleInsider reports. “Developers sources say the early version of Rosetta, a dynamic binary translator that is designed to run unaltered PowerPC applications on Intel Macs, is also impressive… If reports are accurate, Mac users have a lot to look forward to in regards to web browsing under Mac OS X for Intel. According to sources, web browsing in general is much faster under Mac OS X for Intel than it is under the shipping version of Mac OS X for PowerPC. Web pages snap to the screen, the same way they do in Internet Explorer running on a new Pentium system, they say.”
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No they don’t !
I fail to see why the web would work faster?!?!?!? what a load of bull
This is an unabashed attempt to hype the impending doom^h^h^h^h transition. Better reduce your organic libations if you actually believe it.
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Answer now and get free marijuana!
Shoot, I always said my Intel PC ran Photoshop and other programs faster than a Mac….
Welcome to real computing apple folks.
Oh and chris – the web works faster on an intel pc than my mac. Everything is snappier, quicker.
flame on fellow evagelistos!!!!
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Queeezie your about as sharp as the stinko turd I just flushed.
Windows is for pussys
Could we have been #(gulp)# lied to for the past years regarding the powerpc?????? intel is better????
/doom thoughts/
why do people in the graphics and video world use still use intel pcs?
/doom thoughts/
oohhhhhhh my.
Hello I am the stinko turd that just escaped from TT´s body. I was the smartest thing in his body. And now I am gone.
Hurray!
No, I am the real stinko turd from TT´s body.
He did not flush me. He missed the toilet….again.
Please change pants, TT.
well.. low end operations are faster on x86.. this is not news..
this is why apple touts high end benchmarks like PS, while the goddamn FINDER takes like 3 seconds to open..
which, ultimately is good for the mass market, bad for pro line.. right?
most people dont do anything other than email/porn
I just want a new Powerbook.
MDN Magic Word: “finally”, as in I wish I could say “Finally, new Powerbooks are here.”
Hi IBM.
>No they don’t !>
Fuh -nee. And first.
Come on people. Are we all children here? This thread is embarasing. Cant we even discuss real world permonance without sinking to this level of conversation? I feel like im in the freshman dorm once again.
Is it so shocking to see single threaded stuff like Safari perform well on a 3.6 gig processor? It doesnt to me.
LOL,
what this actually tells – if proved generally – is that OS X is much better than Windows. The Dual G5 here smokes any PC around hands down on the majority of tasks. It lacks on # of crashing and infections: can’t outperform Wintel on those.
If OS X is better on the MacIntel than on the dual G5 it simply stress how much Windows sux big time and how much it is a liability for the hardware. Tough time for Windoze apologists when the same/similar processor shines with OS X and barely gets off being mediocre when using Windows. Tough to explain when the same/similar CPU will simply burn whatever other same/similar platform results when on Windows.
ROFLMAO
One advantage of the Intel switch is that comparisons will be much easier. For example, we will see if Adobe is really optimizing Photoshop for the mac, or being lazy. All they have to do is release a plug in that opens its filters to core graphics technology and the windows version looks like a slug.
The reason why web would work faster is because webpage manipulations are purely integer based; and often have lesser control statements. Given these two, longer pipelines with faster clockrate; rather than shorter pipelines with smaller clockrate perform better.
The place where you get hit is when you have a lot of “conditional” instructions where the pipeline needs to be flushed (where intel branch prediction unit is reasonably good at). These are not something commonplace in web applications as you would find in applications such as word, powerpoint, etc..
I have a dual P4 Dell. Windows Explorer sometimes takes 10 seconds to display. The subsystems are so slow it doesn’t matter how fast the CPU is. Explorer will then crash when it gets several directories deep into the server.
Who cares how fast a damn web-page loads???? Why is this an important benchmark of performance.
If you want the Finder to load faster get a fast hard drive. ATA sux. I’ve been using 7200rpm drives since 1997. Why? Because Apple dropped SCSI for the far inferior IDE. Yes I know why they did it. It doesn’t help the fact that presently shipping stock computers have sadly inadequate subsystems for high-performance computing.
Hey “IBM,” thanks for making me laugh out loud in a meeting. Now everyone knows I was paying absolutely no attention.
LOL…
Queeeezie- that was the greatest comeback…
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I agree that “things” seem faster on the pc. Windows pop open faster, folders open faster etc. I always thought that it was the added eye candy on my Mac that made it slow down. But I’m using a pc now with skins, drop shadows and a dock, and it still seems faster. All of those goodies are separate programs too; I’d think that would slow things down.
I’m Mac only and wouldn’t want to change. But I freelance with a lot of companies that are pc only, and I can’t help but notice the overall faster feel of windows.
Now when the chip is really working, like applying filters in Photoshop, I think both systems are still too slow. I usually work on files that are over 100MB, so I don’t get real time on either system. I have a dual 2.5 with 2 GB of RAM. I work on PCs of various configurations.
It’s interesting that users are reporting that tiger is faster on pc hardware. Maybe the Intel is better at 2D graphics or something. That’s still strange since they are using Intel’s integrated graphics chip and not a true video card. Integrated graphics have always sucked.
Pap, crap, and claptrap. Appleinsider asked three dozen “developers” what they thought and picked the one who said it was better.
Proof’s in the pudding, friends. Wait and see.
mmmmmmmmmmmm….Pudding
I have a hard believing the above. This is probably to uplift the Mac community spirit on the Intel shift and nothing more. There’s no need to lie about performance, there’s nothing we can do about Apple’s decision anyways!
What this thread needs is “lisa” frothing at the mouth at how the Intel switch will burn Cupertino to the ground.
We’ve been telling you for years that the Intel chipset is superior. The only way for you children to understand was to see the comparison apples to apples (yes pun intended).
I know this is a tough pill for you apple appoligist to swallow, but you’re finally seeing the truth. Yes, I’ll agree the OSX is superior to WinXP, but the hardware that you’ve been buying is second-rate and double the cost.
Anyone who buys a current G5 or Powerbook is either brainwashed or insane or both. Save your money and wait for the Intel version.
One note of caution: Watch out how Apple prices the new Intels out. They will use the Pentium D and if they charge more for the box then Dell or HP is charging for their Pentium D box then you better believe you’re getting ripped off. Keep this in mind next year when the new ones come out!!
Rumors of the Mac OS running faster on Intel date back to OS 8 (I was working for Apple tech support at the time). Remember, this is about how the OS performs on the chip, not other applications.
it’s not the fault of Intel that the Windows boxes suck. Everybody quit your whining. This is great news.