Gateway is a bucket of morons. OK here's the breakdown:
1) Looky! They come with Pentium 4's! Can I sue Intel if I buy one?
2) Their performance comparisions. They rip the iMacs in their 4 weak areas - way below the belt.
a) The Quake III tests: They don't even MENTION the screen resolution or color depth. Don't we all remember that Intel got caught cheating on this benchmark?
b)The Javascript test: NO F*CKING WAY! Those numbers are totally wrong. Not only could I not even come near reproducing those with ANY Microshit version of Java...they don't mention version #'s of either platforms. What were they using on the Mac; IE 3.0?
c) Boot Time: Fine. I'll give them this one. But: Have these people heard of a thing called sleep? I never shut down my Macs. Instant on is better than waiting 30 seconds any day. (PS: All of the WinXPee machines I know of (at work, etc) all crash when you attempt to wake from sleep)
d) pdf: They took the lower of the 3 test scores for this. Had they followed generally accepted testing procedures, the low-end profile's score would have been sigificantly higher (and the 17'' iMac would have beaten it)
3) M$ pays off Ziff Davis. We all know it.
4) They used the stock OS X for the iMacs (10.1.3?...they don't say) without any updates. There was a video driver update in the 10.1.5 update.
5) They BOUGHT the iMacs, from a store. Gateway supplied the Profiles, and presumably knew they were for testing. They could have screwed with them...manufacturers have done so in the past.
*SIGH* - I love bashing shitty benchmarks!
HOLD THE PRESSES!: They used a 2.66 GHz P4 with 512 MB of RAM and a 120 GB HD in the test - Not the actual 2.4 with 256 MB 40 GB that they flash in everyone's face (the "X" model). I told you they were fucking with something...do you think the average person looks at this and ACTUALLY KNOWS that the model tested costs over $500 more than the one being flashed in their face? I don't think so. That shit should be illegal.
X Advertised (2.4/256/40 - $1499)
XL Tested (2.66/512/120 - $1999)
[ August 29, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/ Dustin /B0b ]
[ August 29, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/ Dustin /B0b ]