The G5 970 (the current G5) is based on an IBM Power 4. The next G5 processor which is due to come out soon, the G5 980 (The next G5), is based on the IBM Power 5.
I certainly don't think this is a fair comparison. They're running Windows XP 32 bit on an Athlon 64. Yet, the version of MacOS 10 that runs on the G5 is partially optimized for the G5. Some libraries that run in MacOS 10 are indeed 64 bit. This benchmark will not stand up to public scrutiny until two entirely 64 bit operating systems were available for these two entirely 64 bit computers.
That 10 GB drive sounds reasonable enough, actually. Not far off from the price of your average first generation hard drive. To be honest, that is a very GOOD price compared to prices I was quoted by a commercial SSD manufacturer, BitMicros. They were quoting me a minimum of $20,000 dollars for one IDE drive. . . ONE DRIVE! I've seen other manufacturers, but these guys offer drives that match or surpass performance of normal HDDs. Other companies I've seen provide disks that put out only about four megabytes a second. The only benefit I see is access time performance. To me, low access times is only half the incentive for a SSD drive.
I want a drive that can pack an S-ATA bus with data.
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The cast of Friends have been paid an average of 1M USD per episode for the last few seasons until the show finally ended after 10 seasons.
With the Simpsons having been around for 16 seasons, I think it sounds reasonable that the voice actors should be given a raise from 125k. .
The G5 970 (the current G5) is based on an IBM Power 4. The next G5 processor which is due to come out soon, the G5 980 (The next G5), is based on the IBM Power 5.
I certainly don't think this is a fair comparison. They're running Windows XP 32 bit on an Athlon 64. Yet, the version of MacOS 10 that runs on the G5 is partially optimized for the G5. Some libraries that run in MacOS 10 are indeed 64 bit. This benchmark will not stand up to public scrutiny until two entirely 64 bit operating systems were available for these two entirely 64 bit computers.
That 10 GB drive sounds reasonable enough, actually. Not far off from the price of your average first generation hard drive. To be honest, that is a very GOOD price compared to prices I was quoted by a commercial SSD manufacturer, BitMicros. They were quoting me a minimum of $20,000 dollars for one IDE drive. . . ONE DRIVE! I've seen other manufacturers, but these guys offer drives that match or surpass performance of normal HDDs. Other companies I've seen provide disks that put out only about four megabytes a second. The only benefit I see is access time performance. To me, low access times is only half the incentive for a SSD drive. I want a drive that can pack an S-ATA bus with data.