The 970 has the same instruction set (99%) as the G4, but it also has a very, very different internal architecture that should make it quite a bit faster than the G4 at the same clock rate. It's actually a scaled-down version of the Power4 chip, the CPU in a lot of IBM's much larger systems. The Power family is the root of the PowerPC chip, which was actually created by IBM/Apple/Motorola to simply use the same instruction set.
You write your comment as though you think corporations are doing all this with exquisite glee, out of a desire to rip us off. The truth is, consumers actively seek out the cheapest possible gear they can. If two companies make the same product, but one costs $5 more because it's made better, the cheap one will sell and the other company will go out of business.
If consumers demanded and paid for quality, that's what the manufuacturers would provide. Anything else would be stupid.
"Now why should people who believe in that concept get labeled as oddballs?"
Because that allows everyone else to disregard the opinion of people that disagree with them, reinforcing their position of cognitivie dissonance.
Many, many labels that we hear every day are chosen with great care.
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According to http://www.linuxnews.com/stories.php?topic=8
"OS X Achieves Official UNIX® Certification Status"
This is according to Linux News for Business.
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Actually, OS X *has* been certified, I think. I can't find the link, but I do remember the press release. They are also a member of the Open Source group that does the certification...that link is
http://www.opengroup.org/overview/members/membersh ip_list.htm
The survey of folks deploying streaming servers said that the #1 most important thing when choosing a format was quality. But, the #1 most-deployed format was Windows Media, which was judged to be, by far, the worst format for quality. What does this tell us?
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The 970 has the same instruction set (99%) as the G4, but it also has a very, very different internal architecture that should make it quite a bit faster than the G4 at the same clock rate. It's actually a scaled-down version of the Power4 chip, the CPU in a lot of IBM's much larger systems. The Power family is the root of the PowerPC chip, which was actually created by IBM/Apple/Motorola to simply use the same instruction set.
The IBM Power4 runs many of IBM's OS's.
You write your comment as though you think corporations are doing all this with exquisite glee, out of a desire to rip us off. The truth is, consumers actively seek out the cheapest possible gear they can. If two companies make the same product, but one costs $5 more because it's made better, the cheap one will sell and the other company will go out of business. If consumers demanded and paid for quality, that's what the manufuacturers would provide. Anything else would be stupid.
"Now why should people who believe in that concept get labeled as oddballs?" Because that allows everyone else to disregard the opinion of people that disagree with them, reinforcing their position of cognitivie dissonance. Many, many labels that we hear every day are chosen with great care.
According to http://www.linuxnews.com/stories.php?topic=8 "OS X Achieves Official UNIX® Certification Status" This is according to Linux News for Business.
Actually, OS X *has* been certified, I think. I can't find the link, but I do remember the press release. They are also a member of the Open Source group that does the certification...that link is http://www.opengroup.org/overview/members/membersh ip_list.htm
The survey of folks deploying streaming servers said that the #1 most important thing when choosing a format was quality. But, the #1 most-deployed format was Windows Media, which was judged to be, by far, the worst format for quality. What does this tell us?