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Apple's Dual 2GHz By The Numbers
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."
Wooohooo....
Power to the people!
e"'( Why am I still working on an old text-mode terminal?
fortune is my favourite linux command
Hah. It cost me about $1100 to buy a dual motherboard, two Athlon MP 2000+, 1GB of ECC DRR RAM, a Lian Li case and an Enermax supply.
None of the above components are cheap, and still the price isn't near what you said. Of course the hard disk, CD drive, video and sound cards aren't included, but I'd have to fill the case with drives and buy the most expensive video card to get near that.
Of course mine isn't 64 bit, but I didn't see Opteron motherboards being sold anywhere when I was buying the components.
Neither did the pc he was comparing the g5 with...
They basicly said 'it boots osx faster then other apples, it must be better then anything intel has'
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2. Not nearly as much software as "the Windows side". So, less usable. On a properly maintained windows system, stability isn't an issue.
3. It isn't that beautiful.
4. OS X is not Unix.
5. So does a PC, if you want it to.
I'm not a mac fanboy.
Go ahead zealots, let the modding begin.
It only has a gorgeous aluminium case if you're hard pressed for a cheese grater, otherwise it's butt ugly.
common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
Have you ever noticed that the people who make insults based off homosexuality are still waiting for their balls to drop?
Well, I think this appeals to everyone not just the geek. I think the concept of buying the best you can for the money you have at the time you make your purchase is pretty common wisdom. Also, try an Apple. You will like it. Don't give it ten minutes at CompUSA, spend some time with one. I used to be just like you. Then I took the plunge. My PC is now a paper-weight.
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Yeah, but if you tried to specifically copy a 17 MB folder from a server, then you would have been really screwed.
Or so I hear.
If Jesus wants me it knows where to find me.
Uh huh, and I guess you're also the cheap sod that shelled out $10 for transistors so you could solder them up and play high fidelity in the audio scene too...
Degrees of quality cost. Lots of people whine that Apple is expensive. Well, yes it is, if all you care about is bang for the buck on the cheap buck side. That's fair game and that's where Linux and Intel H/W often fits in. But if you have the coin and are of the interest, the other side for that bang for the buck is pretty sweet too...but it is a good buck. Get over it. If it's not worth it too you fine....Apple's loss and yours. But, quite whining about it. I don't go on and on about not being able to afford a $10000 audio amp that gives me %20 better audio experience than the one that costs $500. Yes, you're going to whine on about Apple not providing %20 better performance. Ha, check out usability, check out fast development for general and specialized apps....etc.
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