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worker201

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I am turning envy-green
« on: 18 November 2005, 23:14 »
I went up to the oceanography department office a few minutes ago to steal some candy from the receptionist.  UPS had just delivered 2 Apple boxes, and I wanted to see what they were.

2 G5 2.5GHz Quads

Dual-core dual-processor, with 4 GB cache total

Let me tell you, those things are impressive even when they are still in the box.  I guess somebody had a shitload of grant money to spend this year.  I know one of the guys who got one, and I carried it down to his office for him. And I contemplated running out with it.  Just take the thing home, put it in the car, and go.  Cuz that's the only way I could ever get one of those things.

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Re: I am turning envy-green
« Reply #1 on: 18 November 2005, 23:19 »
Grab me one too :P

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Re: I am turning envy-green
« Reply #2 on: 18 November 2005, 23:27 »
do it ! :thumbup: ... nah, I'd just build my own PC from scratch ... maybe have dual-core dual Opteron processors ... the G5 uses Motorola processors ? or ? ... I suppose they are not bad (never heard of em), but not as good as an Opteron I bet, besides  

Processor Manufacturer      Motorola
 
Processor Upgradability    Not upgradable

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Re: I am turning envy-green
« Reply #3 on: 19 November 2005, 00:20 »
But an Opteron won't run OSX!

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Re: I am turning envy-green
« Reply #4 on: 19 November 2005, 01:01 »
The G5 is made by IBM.  And, these latest models (dual-core) will bring more performance-per-MHz than the previous ones - 1MB L2 per core, and faster RAM (which can actually be utilized.
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Re: I am turning envy-green
« Reply #5 on: 19 November 2005, 03:25 »
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But an Opteron won't run OSX!

Then run Linux :D ... it runs Linux right ? If it doesn't Im gonna be pissed

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Re: I am turning envy-green
« Reply #6 on: 19 November 2005, 03:52 »
Of course Opterions will run linux, it's not like microsoft has copyrighted the x86 design...

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Re: I am turning envy-green
« Reply #7 on: 19 November 2005, 04:01 »
good :thumbup: