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MacWorld's iMac Core Duo Benchmarks Debunked?
madgunde writes "Looks like MacWorld magazine was a little premature in reporting that the new Apple iMac Core Duo doesn't live up to Apple's speed claims. The folks over at MacSpeedZone have done some performance testing of their own that debunks MacWorld's results and shows that the new iMac Core Duo DOES live up to the hype. Not only did the new iMac wipe the floor with the old model in their tests, but using MacWorld's own test methodology would allow MacSpeedZone to conclude that the new Intel iMac is almost as fast as a PowerMac Quad G5. " I see only one way to solve this: Give me one. I'll run WoW on it, and decide.
MacWorld uncovers secret Apple contributions to MacSpeedZone.
OR
Prices for flying pigs drop dramatically as supply increases after Apple products live up to claimed bench marks.
Pfft. Do they really need to ask this question?
(Apologies for the obvious fact that I've never played WoW, or the status messages above would look more realistic.)
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Taco: Rough, aren't they?
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
It's time for Blizzard to step up to the plate and use the massive amounts of money we give them monthly to get some better servers. I'm not so good with math but 5,000,000 users paying 12 dollars a month is .... $60 million?
most of it goes to NPC salaries. [/deadpan]
With over a million zealots hanging on your every word.
Depending on WoW's login server to give a Keynote presentation is not a wise decision.
AltiVec! Velocity Engine!
I thought this was the best CPU technology?
Steve Jobs told me I had a super computer when I bought
my G3, G4 and G5.
My PowerPC processors were unique. It made me special. Anyone
can have an Intel processor. Even poor people. How is that exclusive?
I'm an upper middle class elitist snob. Why did Apple take away my bragging rights! Now I'm a technological nobody. I'm plain and boring again. For pete's sake, poor people can even buy IPODS now!!
I want my super computer back! Because I lack a personality and I have no soul what product can help? Please Steve Jobs tell me what to buy to get my soul back. What can I buy so that I feel whole again?
What about a Hybrid car, will that help me?
Maybe they should have run that article off of the new iMac before Slashdot got ahold of it.
Hahaha, I can see it now:
Your position in the queue: 1430
Estimated Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Yes, if you're upgrading to an Intel-based iMac from an iMac G5 you bought just a few months ago, all of your non-Universal software will run at half speed.
:) [pat. pending]
I know apple users have a reputation for following fads, but I hope people don't rush out and by a new iMac every time they do a CPU upgrade (not even a new form factor!), please tell me they don't!!