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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: cahult on 21 November 2003, 13:16

Title: Time Magazine loves G5 and Panther
Post by: cahult on 21 November 2003, 13:16

http://www.time.com/time/gadget/20031119/ (http://www.time.com/time/gadget/20031119/)

Title: Time Magazine loves G5 and Panther
Post by: Laukev7 on 21 November 2003, 18:19

And apparently they loved the iTunes Music Store too.

http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/invmusic.html (http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/invmusic.html)

It's great to see fast Macs at last. This should shut up those anti-Mac weenies.

Also, new dual 1.8 GHz:

http://www.apple.com/powermac/ (http://www.apple.com/powermac/)

Notice that they don't claim to be the 'fastest personal computer' anymore. And they updated their benchmarks, too.

http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/ (http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/)

Title: Time Magazine loves G5 and Panther
Post by: preacher on 21 November 2003, 19:28

Those are some fast macs, too bad most people cant afford them.

Title: Time Magazine loves G5 and Panther
Post by: Laukev7 on 21 November 2003, 22:07

Yeah, because dual Xeon and Athlon 64 workstations are such affordable machines.

Compare the price of a Dell Precision 650 with the Powermac G5, with approximately matched features. And I was generous. I chose the Precision 650 because it was one of the machines against which Apple tested the G5.

http://ecomm.us.dell.com/dellstore/popup_sysdetails.asp?order_code=WS650MTPAD&customer_id=555&itemtype=CFG&item=0 (http://ecomm.us.dell.com/dellstore/popup_sysdetails.asp?order_code=WS650MTPAD&customer_id=555&itemtype=CFG&item=0)

My comparisons are probably not 100% accurate, but it still shows how computers at that range of performance are quite expensive machines, whether it's a PC or a Mac.

Title: Time Magazine loves G5 and Panther
Post by: cahult on 22 November 2003, 14:02

This is odd. Where I come from, computers over all are very dear in deed. Macs are generally cheaper, however, than other PCs.  :eek:    :eek:

Title: Time Magazine loves G5 and Panther
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 24 November 2003, 07:28

I'm moving to Sweden.