Power Mac G5

[Pantso]

quote:Originally posted by cahult:
BTW, Apple used Linux on the P4 and Xeon systems because windows wasn

[billy_gates]

quote:Originally posted by Panos:


       Well, the new G5 looks awesome and I'm sure it runs great BUT who the hell is going to buy a system starting from 1,999$?    :eek:    Give me a break here! I love Apple's hardware but this is damn expensive!

"I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you there" I think its cheap considering its 64bit.  How much can u get an Itanium system for?  Xeon's also cost a lot.  I think they are a good value, but they are out of my price range.

[Fett101]

And it's not so much the actual performance, but whenever someone claims to have the fastest something ever, it's always utter BS. No matter what corperation says it.

[Laukev7]

quote:Originally posted by fett101:
And it's not so much the actual performance, but whenever someone claims to have the fastest something ever, it's always utter BS. No matter what corperation says it.

This doesn't make any sense. You're claiming that if everyone claims that their machine is the fastest, including the one who does have the fastest machine, then someone has to have a machine faster than the fastest machine, even though everyone else have slower machines.

[Fett101]

You gotta make it so confusing.

There's likely some machines that are faster in some respects then others. But There may be other areas where other machines stand out. And then that may all flip flop depending on what task you want to acomplish. Besides, speed isn't all you need.

[Faust]

Yeah but its about all you need from a processor.  Other than low temperatures and stability...  And I cant see Apple being stupid enough to release an unstable / hot processor.  At the end of the day if a bit of extra speed when using the applications benchmarked is what you want for that price then go for it.  If not, don't.  "Fastest processor" is bullshit, but if it ran my apps noticeably faster then I'm interested, and thats what I think they're claiming.

[suselinux]

this is from the NASA benchmark test notice the INTEL running Linux !!   ahead by a hair !!

I didn't even read the article. Like usual I just looked at the pictures, so this graph may be totaly out of context, so I sugest reading the article.

 link below


Link to the site here

[XXXL Feet]

Here's what I think.  I think Apple is a great company, but they need to work on the prices of their lower end computers.  Sure the PowerMac is a terrific deal, but the kind of person who would buy one isn't really looking for a good deal, they just need the best computer to get the job done, and that it is.  What Apple needs to work on is the price of their lower end computers.  $800 bucks is not a good starting price.  Come on Apple, get a hint.  $800 is not a decent price.  I think $3000 is an exellent price for the G5 considering what you get, but come on Apple, get with the program, you need the major market and the major market doesn't need a supercomputer!!!