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iMac G5 low score look!

CubaTBird said:
the score is 105?!?? my ibook gets 100.2 !! this is seriously wrong, im at an apple store right now :eek:
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There is no way your ibook can get that. My 1.2 ghz ibook with 512 megs of ram (that reminds me, i need to update my sig) only get 85! Something is definitly wrong there!!
 
that could be b/c ur proc isn't set to highest in the energy settings, see look
 

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CubaTBird said:
that could be b/c ur proc isn't set to highest in the energy settings, see look
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actually it is, and i have done crap loads of things that have optimized the whole system. There is something not right with those results posted though.
 
there got the pic up c, whats weird is that my ibook shows up as a powerbook in the description, weird but still i get the the 100 score
 
hmmm wutever.

ya it is wierd about it showing at powerbook though, mine does that as well.

xbench definitly is a horrid program, i just ran it again (well 30 mins ago) and it showed i got 110.... wierd!

Ill get started on my own bench utility asap :D
 
jimjiminyjim said:
You know, it strikes me that this forum should be about the leaps made with the G5. Unfortunately it is about how to measure performance and what affects performance. If that's what we're talking about... my guess is that the speed difference just isn't there. Then again, we're talking about miniscule differences. I mean for us e-mail, internet, movie watching, itunes listening, occasional video slapping together, proficient base users, what makes a machine feel faster is the UI speed. For me to be ecstatic about the speed of my computer and OS, here is my wish list:
  • I click a dock item and it appears, instantly.
  • I switch between windows in a browser and they appear, instantly.
  • I navigate through files and folders, they appear instantly.
  • I pop a DVD in and DVD Player begins, instantly (the wait seems to be an eternity).
  • I tell my computer "Phone for Jim Appleby" and it understands me, every time.
  • I go to an internet page I've visited before and it appears, instantly.
  • And it makes brewed coffee, instantly.
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good points, except for maybe the coffee thing...that's years away but don't be surprised if someday computers do help make food/beverages and do other mechanical things
 
jimjiminyjim said:
what makes a machine feel faster is the UI speed. For me to be ecstatic about the speed of my computer and OS, here is my wish list:
  • I click a dock item and it appears, instantly.
  • I switch between windows in a browser and they appear, instantly.
  • I navigate through files and folders, they appear instantly.
  • I pop a DVD in and DVD Player begins, instantly (the wait seems to be an eternity).
  • I tell my computer "Phone for Jim Appleby" and it understands me, every time.
  • I go to an internet page I've visited before and it appears, instantly.
  • And it makes brewed coffee, instantly.
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i agree jimmy... except when im encoding video and playing around with 100MB photoshop files. i was going to buy a 17in powerbook (when the new one comes out whatever it is), until i went into a mac store in chatswood the other day and fiddled with a 1.6 G5 256MB.
to me coming from a 3.5GHz pentium to play with a g4 powerbook seems SOOOO slow between windows and starting apps. all the things that you have mentioned are sooo slow on a $5000 g4 laptop, but then i had a go with the g5 and it was QUICK! compparable to what im used to that is.

now that is one of the things ive disliked about macs (aswell as OS9). and it seems like they have fixed it up with the g5s!!!

it must be the much quicker FSB compared to the measely 166 offered by the g4s.

now im saving for one of those and ill swing it over my shoulder by the power cable with mouse and keyboard dragging on the ground when i want to move it!!! hehaheaheh
 
tateusmaximus said:
i agree jimmy... except when im encoding video and playing around with 100MB photoshop files. i was going to buy a 17in powerbook (when the new one comes out whatever it is), until i went into a mac store in chatswood the other day and fiddled with a 1.6 G5 256MB.
to me coming from a 3.5GHz pentium to play with a g4 powerbook seems SOOOO slow between windows and starting apps. all the things that you have mentioned are sooo slow on a $5000 g4 laptop, but then i had a go with the g5 and it was QUICK! compparable to what im used to that is.

now that is one of the things ive disliked about macs (aswell as OS9). and it seems like they have fixed it up with the g5s!!!

it must be the much quicker FSB compared to the measely 166 offered by the g4s.

now im saving for one of those and ill swing it over my shoulder by the power cable with mouse and keyboard dragging on the ground when i want to move it!!! hehaheaheh
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Mac laptops are natoriously (spelling?) slow, apple still does not know how to put a 7200 rpm drive in them....*sigh*. Or heck....at least make it a farggin BTO option! These terrible 5400 and 4200 rpm speeds just suck.
 
yeah i gotta say the 17inch was pretty slow to this g5 imac. hopefully they put a g5 in the new powerbook.... but lets not start this thread again!! :D
 
tateusmaximus said:
yeah i gotta say the 17inch was pretty slow to this g5 imac. hopefully they put a g5 in the new powerbook.... but lets not start this thread again!! :D
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it's funny how each generation of processor is "way faster" than the one before...there was a huge jump, mhz for mhz, when apple went from the 604e processor machines to the G3 machines...and then the mightly G4 hit the shelves, but now people are dying to have the G5 in everything, including laptops

it won't be long though before the G5 will seem painfully slow...intel and amd move so fast that it makes us macheads feel behind all the time...when i compare speeds, i compare macs to macs as to not get disappointed...really though, so what if the pc pentium 4 is faster? what if i don't like windows xp?

...btw, i think xp is just fine and a great improvement over windows me but i prefer macs for the better user interface
 
NusuniAdmin said:
Mac laptops are natoriously (spelling?) slow, apple still does not know how to put a 7200 rpm drive in them....*sigh*. Or heck....at least make it a farggin BTO option! These terrible 5400 and 4200 rpm speeds just suck.
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It is spelled notoriously if you wanted an answer. :D

And yes, Apple should use 7200rpm drives but only as a BTO because I for one rather have 80/100GB 5400 than a 60GB 7200.
 
>>They ship the computers with the energy saving features turned on in order to save energy. In many parts of the world, that is a far more important consideration than xbench scores.

It's also true that those who own a Mac don't have major
money problems to notice the difference in the electricity bill
if having settings set on max or low performace

I simply think that a mac set on low performance will last longer with
less problems, just like with cars, if you often keep rpms hi, your engine
will more likely have problems or upkeep to do (wear/heat).
 
ign said:
>>They ship the computers with the energy saving features turned on in order to save energy. In many parts of the world, that is a far more important consideration than xbench scores.

It's also true that those who own a Mac don't have major
money problems to notice the difference in the electricity bill
if having settings set on max or low performace

I simply think that a mac set on low performance will last longer with
less problems, just like with cars, if you often keep rpms hi, your engine
will more likely have problems or upkeep to do (wear/heat).
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just a note: use the quote buton when you quote.
 
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