“The G5 could not have come at a better time. It was first announced by IBM in October 2002, as a new Altivec-enabled desktop 64-bit processor called the PowerPC 970.
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“way ahead of the pack?” please.
You can come up with benchmarks that ‘prove’ the G5’s superiority at
http://www.chaosmint.com/benchmarks/powermac-g5-ps7bench/
or any other site you have bookmarked to regurgitate when the speed arguement comes up.
You can come up with benchmarks that ‘prove’ that intel is ahead of the g5 in over 80% of tests here
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-6451-6410
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Also, as Rob (an avid mac user) points out, the Apple camp had a major upgrade this year, but in the world of Intel/AMD, you didn’t have that many technological improvements. Some might point out AMD’s 64 bit chips, but others would be quick to point out that the chips 64 bit extensions (unlike apple’s) aren’t even supported in any real progam, save a few linux apps.
So, back in the race, sure. Ahead of the pack? Only in the operating system.
It’s ironic that if IBM was never screwed by Micro$oft (who haven’t they screwed, consumers included), there would be no G5.
And, 64bit in theory does equqal 18 exabytes of addressable information, but the actual parts are limited by thier design. You can argue theory all you want, but if you can please point me to the website selling 2 exabyte memory sticks, you get a gold star!
Good thread. I see the situation was a lot more complicated than I had thought. Goes to show how good on Bill Gates was at winning the emerging market. A deal maker supreme.
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