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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."
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Do I look like a mutha fuckin role model? To a kid lookin' up ta me Life ain't nothin but bitches and money.
Can't believe it! It took so loooong
Also, from the experience I've had, OS X is ugly, bloated and buggy. I'll stick with x86, thank you.
Marxism is the opiate of dumbasses
http://www.barefeats.com/ IS ALL FUCKING ABOUT HOW FAST A MAC CAN GO, its a fucking BIASED source.
Should I get locked in the PRINCICAL'S OFFICE today -- or have a VASECTOMY??
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
YOU FAIL IT.
you just don't get it do you, i know you can buy another multi button mouse and use that but thats not the point. the point comes back to the low level, back to the code and UI design being based around a single mouse button - this is the difference a GNAA mac lover like yourself doesn't understand, when you even get a clue as to what ASM is and an even bigger clue as to how to code ASM you will have the insight that i do about such matters.
I find this difficult to believe. Dell is typically 20-25% more expensive than a whitebox. Your figures suggest 150% more expensive.
I suspect the whitebox you built was perhaps not exactly the same as the Dell.
There's no "e" in ridiculous.
Yes, the vendors are more expensive. No, I don't think they're ridiculously expensive. The price differences I find are about $200-$300 on a low-end system. I prefer building whiteboxes to save that $200-$300 but I wouldn't sneer at those people who couldn't be bothered.
There's a problem; every goddamned apple benchmark for the past 10 years has been utterly biased towards the apple because otherwise only artsy people get any sort of increase, and they don't get to use any software.
To me, Apple has always has been like linux without the possiblity of installing windows. Great. Just what I always wanted, no compatiblity for a 4% speed increase.
It's been a long time.
It's common knowlegde apple users cannot admit or accept the truth when it concerns apple products. They base a substantial part of their argument on the "coolness" factor and that's a fucking joke. Apple annoced the G5 when?
How many months ago?
How many months did it take before it came out?
How long did it take for Intel/AMD to match and pass it?
How long until Apple releases their next generation and how long after that will it reach the market?
When I feel like paying double for a pretty case, proprietary hardware, lack of customization, one button mice, lack of software choices, gaming, and riding Steven Jobs jock and taking offense to any comment that isn't raving about Apple then maybe I'll buy one....until then I'll spend my money on something that doesn't turn me into a egocentric, artsy, elitist, douchebag.
Yes Apple users I'm aiming that right between your cutting edge eyes.
P.S. Take your Ipods and shove 'em up your rose smelling asses:D
You aren't free to do anything, until you've lost everything.
I want to stick my pee pee in your poo poo hole.