Who here actually watched the keynote? Show of hands? I know I did.
Let's all go to www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/ and load the keynote up to 1:07:00.
Steve Jobs is completely up front about which testsproduced the numbers (SPECint_rate2000 and SPEC_fp2000) and outright says "Now, everything is not going to run 2-3x, the discs aren't 2-3x faster, etc." He makes it very clear that his numbers are based off of these two benchmarks. He claims they are the most important benchmarks of performance, which is debatable, but they are certainly a fair test of raw cpu power. Other than the chip and motherboard, the only other significant component that has changed is the GPU, going from a Radeon x600 to an x1600. Does anyone disagree that this is in the 2-3x faster range?
All in all, people are making a mountain out of a molehill rather than checking the source of the numbers. god bless the internet.
Who here actually watched the keynote? Show of hands? I know I did.
Let's all go to www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/ and load the keynote up to 1:07:00.
Steve Jobs is completely up front about which testsproduced the numbers (SPECint_rate2000 and SPEC_fp2000) and outright says "Now, everything is not going to run 2-3x, the discs aren't 2-3x faster, etc." He makes it very clear that his numbers are based off of these two benchmarks. He claims they are the most important benchmarks of performance, which is debatable, but they are certainly a fair test of raw cpu power. Other than the chip and motherboard, the only other significant component that has changed is the GPU, going from a Radeon x600 to an x1600. Does anyone disagree that this is in the 2-3x faster range?
All in all, people are making a mountain out of a molehill rather than checking the source of the numbers. god bless the internet.
-justinb
I don't think you really grasp what virtualization is capable of. Once the software support is there (i.e. the new VPC, VMWare, Xen, etc), it is almost a certainty that e.g. BF2 for Windows will be able to run at near-native speed on virtualized Windows (though perhaps not til vista), with full support for any graphics card features.
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You're not doing a very good job of hiding your insecurities.
correction: SPECfp_rate2000
Who here actually watched the keynote? Show of hands? I know I did.
Let's all go to www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/ and load the keynote up to 1:07:00.
Steve Jobs is completely up front about which testsproduced the numbers (SPECint_rate2000 and SPEC_fp2000) and outright says "Now, everything is not going to run 2-3x, the discs aren't 2-3x faster, etc." He makes it very clear that his numbers are based off of these two benchmarks. He claims they are the most important benchmarks of performance, which is debatable, but they are certainly a fair test of raw cpu power. Other than the chip and motherboard, the only other significant component that has changed is the GPU, going from a Radeon x600 to an x1600. Does anyone disagree that this is in the 2-3x faster range?
All in all, people are making a mountain out of a molehill rather than checking the source of the numbers. god bless the internet.
-justinb
Who here actually watched the keynote? Show of hands? I know I did. Let's all go to www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/ and load the keynote up to 1:07:00. Steve Jobs is completely up front about which testsproduced the numbers (SPECint_rate2000 and SPEC_fp2000) and outright says "Now, everything is not going to run 2-3x, the discs aren't 2-3x faster, etc." He makes it very clear that his numbers are based off of these two benchmarks. He claims they are the most important benchmarks of performance, which is debatable, but they are certainly a fair test of raw cpu power. Other than the chip and motherboard, the only other significant component that has changed is the GPU, going from a Radeon x600 to an x1600. Does anyone disagree that this is in the 2-3x faster range? All in all, people are making a mountain out of a molehill rather than checking the source of the numbers. god bless the internet. -justinb
I don't think you really grasp what virtualization is capable of. Once the software support is there (i.e. the new VPC, VMWare, Xen, etc), it is almost a certainty that e.g. BF2 for Windows will be able to run at near-native speed on virtualized Windows (though perhaps not til vista), with full support for any graphics card features.
3 ,00.asp for more.
See: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,179168
-justinb