Yet Another G5 Roundup

Lawrence Person writes "This article on Low End Mac talks about why the PowerPC 970 is so fast, covering its superiority to Intel chips in Multiply Accumulate, double precision arithmetic, and Fast Fourier Transforms, among other operations. A short, clear article for those who don't have the time to wade through Parts 1 and 2 of Ars Technica's exceptionally detailed dissection of the 970/G5." Trollaxor writes "IBM has a neat two-page history of the PowerPC architecture, detailing its evolution from the first RS/6000 chipsets in 1990, through the POWER ISA, and into the processors that we know and use today. A very interesting read."

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LOL

[Anonymous Coward]

More facts the Wintel trolls are going to try to dispute.

Losers.

This is really cool

[PhysicsGenius]

I use Linux of course, but my wife and my small children like to use computers too, so I'm thinking about getting them a toy computer like an iMac or a G5. They love the colors, plus small hands can't work multiple mouse buttons very well.

The trouble is the cost. But I just remind myself that if I took the time and effort to strip out the floppy drive and 200 Mhz bus from an Intel machine and paint it to be like a Mac, I'd end up spending more than if I just bought the Mac to begin with.

Get a real toy computer

[Anonymous Coward]

You'd save a lot of money getting one of the toy computers from the toy aisle of the department store. Not as much lost when the tot drops it in the bathtub, either.

Also, these tend to come with 10 or so programs that run on them, which is more than you can run on the iMac for sure. You'll also save on tears, because with the iMac the kids will come crying to you because of the bomb icon that appears on the screen.