PC World: Apple G5 Gets Trounced By Athlon 64

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 15, 2003 @01:01AM from the os-x-doesn't-run-so-hot-on-athlon dept.

StewedSquirrel writes "PC World magazine has published an article comparing the AMD Athlon 64 and Opteron versus Apple's G5 processor, both 64-bit contenders for the title of 'fastest desktop processor.' Apple has made many claims to be the first, fastest and only 64-bit processor for the desktop and workstation market, but (not mentioning the fact that Opteron beat the G5 to market by over 4 months) the benchmarks should speak for themselves. Of note is the 3.2GHz Pentium 4, coming in competitive with the G5, but significantly behind the Opteron and Athlon 64 systems."

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"Uh.." by TheTomcat · 2003-10-15 01:33 · Score: 5, Funny

See: http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2003/06_jun/fea tures/cw_macg5_interview.htm. Funny stuff.

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DMN: Now, you're saying it's the first 64-bit desktop machine. But isn't there an Opteron dual-processor machine? It shipped on June 4th. BOXX Technologies shipped it. It has an Opteron 244 in it.

Rubinstein: Uh...

Akrout: It's not a desktop.

DMN: That's a desktop unit.

Akrout: It depends on what you call a desktop, now.

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