Are apple computers innovative?

[Macpoops]

I think it's finally time to be able to do a ghz to ghz comparision to the new Pentium M chips vs. a G4. This hasn't been able to be done for some time and i would be interested to hear the results.

 

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by Macpoops
I think it's finally time to be able to do a ghz to ghz comparision to the new Pentium M chips vs. a G4. This hasn't been able to be done for some time and i would be interested to hear the results.

-Macpoops

Yeah, me too. All I have are FLOP (Floating Point Operation) comparisons for the desktop chips, and they're old at that:

Pentium III: 3.2FLOPs/Cycle
Pentium 4: 1.8 FLOPs/Cycle
PPC G4: 7.45FLOPs/Cycle
Pentium M: ??FLOPs/Cycle
PPC 970: ??FLOPs/Cycle

 

[macphoria]

Apple products are innovative. Apple pricing is not.

 

[Earendil]

Originally posted by patrick0brien

I'll be damned if it didn't come in the most stylish packaging I have ever seen.
Wait until you get the 17pb - Apple excels in presentation. I've heard of people having "Mac Unwrapping" parties.

Even the styrofoam is beveled.



I When my first computer, a PB 15" 1.25 was shipped to me, I brought it home before I opened even the brown cardboard box it was shipped in. My dad looked at me bring it in and asked in wonderment why I hadn't opened it as soon as I got it. I told him it was because I wanted him to be there. He quickly gave me a loving smile, his 867mhz 15"PB sitting behind him no longer lonely, and we opened it together.

It was a touching father-son moment that can really only be shared among true nerds. Some people go fishing, we use Macs together.

Tyler
Earendil

ps
I'm not joking.