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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. People miss the point by emerrill · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is they type of thing that shouldn't make front page. Its good for the apple section but not front page. It is only a good article for apple users (which I am). But then you get all these ppl saying 'so what' which if you aren't a apple user, is true. This article doesn't give hard benchmarks, and specifically says that. So when ppl come in here and say my xxx boots quicker then that, all I have to say is, So what? This isn't meant to compare different platforms, just Macs.

  2. Re:When the cows come home by wavedeform · · Score: 5, Informative
    Is it just me, or does Apple hardware seem outrageously expensive?

    It's not just you, it's everyone who hasn't done their homework.
    For more or less equivalent dual processor systems I get:
    Dell - $4,763.00
    Apple - $3,623.00

    Note that the Apple price does not include the $50 or less you would have to spend on a mouse to keep you happy.