Ars Technica Reviews Intel iMacs

Milton Waddams writes "Ars kick off what I'm sure will be a torrent of reviews of the of the new Intel iMac. Overall it looks like it's a bit faster than the iMac G5 and a bit slower than the PowerMac G5 dual core. I'm sure it will surprise many slashdotters to find out that Jobs' statements about the new iMac being twice as fast as the iMac G5 as being slightly over optimistic. AND it doesn't run Windows...yet..." I'm still waiting for the most important benchmark: frames per second in molten core combat.

Comments

Re:Why?

[myspys]

Amen!

[ot] gratitude

[wild_berry]

Thanks for that. :-)

Console

[SuperKendall]

If someone wants to run games, they buy a console and realize games can be fun instead of a reason to drop $300 on a video card every year.

And if they must run the games they see on Windows, they can buy a Mac, increase the marketshare, and eventually get PC games ported to the Mac in a timley manner (or even see more dual releases).

Re:Shut up!

[NanoGator]

"Try saying something actually insightful sometime, and maybe your precious karma will not be so horrible in the future."

[This comment is also OT, no hard feelings if modded down.]

I don't care about my karma. I care about getting banned because of thin-skinned shitheads like you who band together and go overboard on the modding down of comments that aren't perfectly aligned to your view of the world.

As for being insightful, that is exactly the problem. On this topic, I cannot speak my mind. I have to be insightful, which in this context, means I have to kiss Apple's ass. "It's okay that Apple won't license their technology so other devices can use iTunes! Of course, we'd tar and feather Microsoft if they tried that." "It's great that I Apple won't let people install OSX on non-Apple approved hardware!"

"Maybe you keep getting modded down because you write off-topic rants about moderation and Apple fans, including a rather crude sig file, while adding absolutley nothing to the discussion."

I'll be happy to un-crudify my sig when I can speak honestly about the topics at hand without having to fear mod-retaliation. I realize you don't want to hear a company you like getting bad-mouthed, tough shit. You and I both have a right to speak our minds. If you had ever been on the wrong side of Slashdot's public opinion, you'd see where I was coming from.