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Power Mac G5
billy_gates:
how come apple didn't compare the G5 to a system running Itaniums? How could the Xeon possibly be better, its no 64bits. Kind of scary. Apple may not be the cream of the crop, in speed anyway. (as usual)
psyjax:
quote:Originally posted by jeffberg: Mac Capitalist:
how come apple didn't compare the G5 to a system running Itaniums? How could the Xeon possibly be better, its no 64bits. Kind of scary. Apple may not be the cream of the crop, in speed anyway. (as usual)
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Because Itaniums are not also targeted at the mainstreem, and several benchmarks and reviews have placed the Xeon at an advantage.
In otherwords, there isn't much difference between the two, and Apple was very clear that in some cases the Xeon was indeed faster, but the G5 pulled ahead overall.
That article fett101 posted.... I don't get it?
So the guy is skeptical. Shit, I saw the dual Xeon get creemed, optimization or not.
And XCode, is very inovative. The way it lets you build and fix while the application is running, and also is able to use free processor cycles on your local network. Plz... that's fucking awsome.
I have never seen a compiler that can do this.
Laukev7:
Here is a summarised rebuttal from the Hardware VP of Apple himself:
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2154256&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=181
psyjax:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
Here is a summarised rebuttal from the Hardware VP of Apple himself:
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2154256&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=181
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That's my story and Im sticking to it ;)
No seriously. I can imagine Apple may have fudged the numbers a bit in their favor.. lets play the Devil's advocate, let's say, that you could tweek teh Xeons to be faster.
How much faster would they actually be? In the end, the G5 is at least as good as a top of the line Xeon. But these are just number tests... personaly I could care less weather the G5 scored 30, or a million and two.
I wan't to see real world apps. and indeed, those photoshop tests, 3d tests, and math tests were more than impresive. G5 wiped the floor withe Xeon, I don't care if the G5 ran at 8Mhz, fact is, whatever Apple voodoo they put in those things makes 'em fast, abd makes them work.
If anything, it means Apple can be viable competition once more. And with IBM with them, they can stay a contender in the Mhz race.
cahult:
BTW, Apple used Linux on the P4 and Xeon systems because windows wasn
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