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Apple's Dual 2GHz By The Numbers

Posted by timothy on from the schmohkin' dept.

mallumax writes "ComputerWorld has an exciting review of Apple's Dual 2GHz machine." An excerpt: "It's clear from two weeks of testing that Apple's new Power Mac G5 dual 2-GHz machine is the fastest thing the company has ever produced. And while you can debate benchmarks until eternity, it certainly appears poised to meet or beat anything now out on the Windows side."

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  1. Re:The question is then by timeOday · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    Is pure speed enough? What factors are most important to "real" consumers?
    Noise!

    I have a nice, new dual G4 powermac sitting in my office with a nice cinerama display, and it never gets used. It's just too loud.