Apple's G5 Speeds Challenged

An anonymous reader was the first of a seemingly infinite stream of people to submit a URL to an argument that makes the case that the G5 isn't quite what Apple wants you to think of it. The evidence? Apple's own press material. Worth a read.

Comments

Think Different

[corebreech]

...and benchmark different too!

I'm shocked, shocked,

[Black Parrot]

...to find that people would use benchmarketing to make a product look better than it is!

eh?

[cfscript]

Both Apple and Dell are guilty of using misleading prices. For example, Apple gives the price of the low-end G5 as "$1999", and the high-end G5 as "$2999". In other words, they have subtracted $1 from a $3000 computer to make it seem cheaper, which is absolutely ridiculous. This demonstrates that both Apple and Dell are willing to mislead people when stating their prices.

translation :

i am too stupid to round up.

Really smart guy

[T40 Dude]

Both Apple and Dell are guilty of using misleading prices. For example, Apple gives the price of the low-end G5 as "$1999", and the high-end G5 as "$2999". In other words, they have subtracted $1 from a $3000 computer to make it seem cheaper, which is absolutely ridiculous. This demonstrates that both Apple and Dell are willing to mislead people when stating their prices.

Mislead people ??? $2999 IS cheaper than $3000.

Re:Quite

[keiferb]

And what's more, when you start running programs that use more than 2GB of data

Oh, Please. We all know we'll never ever need more than 640k.

Benchmarks...who cares?

[beavis88]

Anyone who's followed the computer industry for more than a couple minutes knows that there are lies, damned lies, and benchmarks.

Go use a machine, for tasks you'd typically perform -- that's the only benchmark that matters.

But if you must assign a number to the size of your virtual phallus, by all means, benchmark away...

Re: whatever

[pigeon]

Well.. you can have my 8-bit commodore 64 for free.. so the bang for the buck is infinite..

Re:whatever

[nehril]

this guy may have some points but he is whacked out:

Misleading Prices

Both Apple and Dell are guilty of using misleading prices. For example, Apple gives the price of the low-end G5 as "$1999", and the high-end G5 as "$2999". In other words, they have subtracted $1 from a $3000 computer to make it seem cheaper, which is absolutely ridiculous. This demonstrates that both Apple and Dell are willing to mislead people when stating their prices.


Next crackpot, please.

Re:Quite

[Blondie-Wan]

Damn straight. My Atari 800 XL has 64k of RAM, and it works just fine (well, it used to, anyway... it's inoperative now, but not because of the RAM). You could use a word processor, a spreadsheet, or even some genuinely kickass games like Lode Runner, Centipede and Miner 2049er on it. Therefore, it's obvious no one needs all these obscene amounts of RAM people have in their comps now. 64k was good enough for me then, and it should be just fine for all these spoiled brats now.

Why, I remember how appalled I was when my friend had an Apple IIgs with 1 MB - 1 megabyte!!! - of RAM, a decade or so ago. What kind of hedonist needs that much? Bah.

These damn kids today, with their gigabytes and their FireWire and their "rock 'n' roll" music and the hair and the clothes...

What About the Most Important Benchmark?

[Nintendork]

How long does it take for a SETI@Home work unit to complete???

-Lucas