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Preliminary OS X & PPC 970 Benchmarks

Posted by timothy on from the believe-what-you-will dept.

Dixie_Flatline writes "Macbidouille.com is reporting that they have preliminary benchmarks involving PPC970 hardware. The results are seriously impressive. We're looking at a single processor PPC 970 1.4GHz machine quite strikingly outperforming a dual G4 1.42GHz machine. Don't worry, there's an English translation embedded in the page so you don't have to try to muddle through the French." Update: 05/05 19:58 GMT by T : Thanks to Eric from macbidouille.com, above link updated to a static page; hopefully you'll get better response this way.

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  1. Re:So it is faster than dual G4s by KingDaveRa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, we can be sure of one thing, it'll be faster than PCs at rendering something in Photoshop.

  2. Apple Secrecy Sucks by Tax+Boy · · Score: 1, Funny

    As I bitch about buying a G4 less than a month ago.... I shoulda waited.

  3. Slashdotted by gricholson75 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Evidently, they should run the server on the PPC970.

    1. Re:Slashdotted by fobbman · · Score: 4, Funny

      That'd only work if someone creates a an Apache-based Photoshop filter.

  4. French? by Gefiltefish11 · · Score: 3, Funny


    Is this high performance hardware described in French???

    No no, I don't think so. This is Freedom hardware!

  5. Re:The article... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Mac fans, our wait will be rewarded. The fight is over and Apple will soon rule the world !

    I didn't know the former Iraqi Information Minister works at Apple now.

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  6. Pretty decent accuracy... for a rumor site. by The+Placid+Casual · · Score: 3, Funny

    The same site released pictures and specs of the Mirror Drive Door series Powermacs weeks before it was announced... and, it has also had a lot of correct info on numerous products and services in the past year. They do have a good veneer of credibility... well more so than the other rumor sites *cough* Spymac *cough*. While I take the rumor with a healthy pinch of salt, the specs do seem in the right ballpark from what I have heard so far...

  7. This *is* slashdot by siskbc · · Score: 5, Funny
    I really, really, really, really wish people would find something more interesting to argue over than which platform/OS you use.

    Hmm...I mean that's a great idea and all...but what the hell are you doing HERE???

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  8. Slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently the French server surrendered to our requests ... like that's a surprise.

  9. Re:maybe Intel Xeon 1M comparisons more relevant by TotallyUseless · · Score: 3, Funny

    PHOTOSHOP
    MAC
    INTEL
    XEON
    WINDOWS
    LINUX

    Which of these are acronyms? None of them.

    I guess I should spell your username as CINQDEMI? What is that an acronym for?

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