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The Anti-Microsoft

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« on: 27 March 2004, 21:04 »
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From Slashdot:
The Council of Better Business Bureaus has suggested Apple Computer withdraw its claims of the world's fastest, and first 64-bit, PC after a complaint by Dell.


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« Reply #1 on: 27 March 2004, 22:02 »
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Some Slashdot poster:
Microsoft: Windows is the best operating system!
Microsoft: MS-Office is the best Office program!
Dell: We have the best deals on our computers!
Apple: We have the fastest computer!


BBB: Apple, you're not allowed to say that...
Fair?

Come on, why does everyone pick on Apple...


Agreed.  Besides, isn't the advertised machine a dual 2Ghz (4Ghz total) G5?  That's definately faster than the rest of them (especially considering the PPC architecture).
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« Reply #2 on: 27 March 2004, 22:23 »
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Originally posted by WMD:
isn't the advertised machine a dual 2Ghz (4Ghz total)


It doesn't work like that. Putting in another processor doesn't double the speed of the system.
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« Reply #3 on: 27 March 2004, 23:49 »
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It doesn't work like that. Putting in another processor doesn't double the speed of the system.


It does if the software running on the computer is writen to take advantage of the two CPU's.

The G5 is the first 64-bit chip to be backwards compatible, but not the first 64-bit chip in general.  The Athlon64 came out like just after the G5 came out.
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« Reply #4 on: 28 March 2004, 00:09 »
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It does if the software running on the computer is writen to take advantage of the two CPU's.


No it doesn't. 2 CPUs are obviously faster than one, but even under optimal conditions it won't be twice as fast.
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« Reply #5 on: 28 March 2004, 00:26 »
SMP with the G5 still suffers from 10 or 15% overhead.
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« Reply #6 on: 28 March 2004, 07:22 »
Plus you need apps that *use* the second processor (Photoshop etc).
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« Reply #7 on: 30 March 2004, 05:50 »
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Originally posted by WMD:

Microsoft: Windows is the best operating system!
Microsoft: MS-Office is the best Office program!
Dell: We have the best deals on our computers!


I don't remember any of these adverts.
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« Reply #8 on: 30 March 2004, 06:07 »
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Plus you need apps that *use* the second processor (Photoshop etc).


Only on the classic OS. Mac OS X supports SMP at the kernel level, so all processes are able to take advantage of it.

Some apps are simply written with special SMP functions that speed them up even more.
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« Reply #9 on: 30 March 2004, 06:49 »
Thanks for the info.
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« Reply #10 on: 31 March 2004, 02:04 »
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Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
Only on the classic OS. Mac OS X supports SMP at the kernel level, so all processes are able to take advantage of it.


That's really neat...OSX just got more awesome IMO!  :D
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« Reply #11 on: 31 March 2004, 17:42 »
Geez, maybe I should have gotten the dual 1.25Ghz G4 instead of the single CPU version  
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« Reply #12 on: 3 April 2004, 08:57 »
The thing is, truth-in-advertising laws are a tricky thing. The laws are written under the premise that most comparable products are of about the same quality, so any company is allowed to call its product "the best". But, if a company wants to say it's product is better than another company's product, that statement must be the truth to be legal. So Apple is fine saying "Fastest Personal Computer", but not okay saying "Faster than the AMD64".

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« Reply #13 on: 2 April 2004, 02:09 »
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Originally posted by Mandrake:
Geez, maybe I should have gotten the dual 1.25Ghz G4 instead of the single CPU version      


US $300 more at least.  
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