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G5 vs Opteron, Finally
metfoo writes "It's been months since the G5 and Opterons have been available for purchase. When the G5 systems were first released, many Mac bashers and AMD nuts discredited the G5's performance. They always ended their comments with 'Wait until its compared to an Opteron, then we'll talk.' Well, it's finally time to talk. Barefeats has posted an article comparing the two systems. The G5 line was compared to a Dual 2GHz Opteron and the results are impressive. In gaming, the Opteron system proved to be superior, which is partly due to the superior 9800XT over the base Radeon 9800. The G5 spanks the Opteron in many of the non-gaming tests, except for the Photoshop tests."
I'll get you started:
(a) Mac only has one mouse button
(b) PC is like a Dodge Neon, Mac is like a BMW
(c) Mac has no games
(d) Windows XP: DRM
(e) Linux has no games
(f) X windows sucks
(g) etc.
So you both agree, its a bogus comparison. Good.
One should not theorize before one has data. -Sherlock Holmes-
Great test by a Macintosh advocacy site! Now it's settled, the G5 is the fastest processor on Earth, and Mac's are cheaper than PC's....
or something.
Funny how those who care about computer performance and willing to spend millions on supercomputers often run Linux, but never Windows. I'm talking about the Top500 list.
Screw bikes! I'm going to go for a walk!
...is the ability to calmly discuss the merits of various processors and operating systems without the chance it might devolve into a flamewar. Sure, it might be a bit dry, with all the facts and figures strictly presented in cost-benefit format, but the lack of heated emotion when discussing Apple and PC pricing and available software really makes /. an invaluable resource. I know that when I read the intelligently-moderated posts on the subject there will be no rancor or hard feelings by the participants, who are truly only interested in shedding light on the wonderful variety of choices available to the reader.
Are the moderators on crack? That's not informative, it's wrong!
Since when has that stopped a slashdot moderator from modding a post up?
You're new around here, aren't you? If it doesn't say that Apple's price-performance ratio isn't complete dogshit, and anybody with two neurons to bang together would build their own computer from a pile of sand and Linux Torvalds' trash bin, and Apple is the devil,
Then it isn't Slashdot.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Screw walking! I'll just play a game about walking.
And thus the chain is complete.
True story.
Steve (Wozniak) left the company years ago.
Steve (Jobs, the coke-dealer marketing dude guy) is not really qualified to say if something is 32 or 64 bit.
Granted, maybe someone in Engineering sent him a memo...
I have to say. The fact that you said "price delta" and not "price difference", gives you a lot more credibility.
"Also, from the experience I've had, OS X is ugly, bloated and buggy. I'll stick with x86, thank you."
:P
Yes Bob, but that was a Beige G3, circa 1997. I know for a fact you're not using a 6-year-old x86 system.
See you on IRC!
Maybe he is a crackhead.
$30 is enough to get at least a day's worth of drugs, maybe two. Desperate times call for desperate action.
I don't read or respond to AC posts
I agree: I hate how the G5 doesn't let me mix-and-match components freely. I mean, with the exception of the RAM, hard drives, optical drive, graphics card, PCI cards, and all external peripherals, I've got some serious vendor lock-in going on! What if I wanted to replace my motherboard with this electronic-looking thing I pulled out of my broken alarm clock, and my processors with these two turds my cat just left in the litter box? Will Steve Jobs let me do this? Absolutely not. Disgusting.
Man, spare a thought for those poor suckers at Virigina Tech. They bought this cluster thinking they were getting one of the fastest processing facilities in the world, but it turns out that it's just the world's biggest paperweight.
-- james
PS JK Master-Slave... tell me, do you have a paperweight that ranks third in the supercomputer stakes?
Never heard of that language before, therefore it must be the future!