benpatient said:
which is exactly why it doesn't matter. Intel can call them whatever the heck they want.
you think the 5 PC people who know the Mac world exists don't laugh at "G3" "G4" and "G5"?
I don't know anyone on either side that finds the G3, G4, G5 naming scheme any funnier than the P2, P3, P4 naming scheme.
remember when the new G4s were slower in Mhz than the new G3s?
Check your history. When the G4 first came out, it was released at a top end 500MHz, as compared to the previous 450MHz for the G3 PM. Now, due to supply problems with Moto, the G4 was down-graded to 450MHz almost immediately, but it was
never slower than the G3s.
Have you seen what an intel P4 EE 3.2 can do over a standard P4 3.2?
all that cache makes them roll...
and is a move to bolster a chip that they're having trouble pushing faster...
we need two processors to keep up with (and in some cases pass) these things...
Well, yes, we need two processors to keep up with, say, a dual Xeon. Two processors vs. two processors. Yes, there are some tests where a single P4 can out-perform a dual G5, but there are also tests where a single (1.6GHz) G5 can out-perform a dual (3.2GHz) P4 Xeon. It's too easy to quote figures back and forth. Over all, based on everything that I've seen, these chips are comparable. Therefore, the dual G5 is on a par with a dual Xeon.
I've had a rediculous amount of trouble with my G5 and with Panther, if you ask me. I've got a PC at home that happily plays games my Dual 1.8 locks up trying to run.
There is a simple reason why Macs aren't gaming machines: THE GAMES AREN'T WRITTEN FOR THEM. They're written for the PC, using things like DirectX, then they're ported over to the Mac, usually poorly. Just because a game is crashing your computer doesn't mean that the computer is bad.
Apple's response is to "reformat the computer" which i have barely owned for a month and "start over."
Well, in point of fact, this is a good idea with any new computer, whether Mac or PC. The first thing that I do when I get a new machine is reformat the drive and go. It's just a good measure. If you didn't do this, then you're reaping the benefits. If you did do this, it sounds like whatever games your trying to run are wreaking havoc with your system. Again, not the fault of the computer or Apple.
My PC is now 9 months old...i love this thing, but it's not perfect, and PCs are really no where near as bad as most of you guys seem to think. You're as ignorant as the 90% of computer users who think Mac's and PCs can't network together.
Great. I'm glad that your PC does what you want it to. Clearly it's a good machine for you. However, please don't throw such blanket insults around. Most of us here really do know that PCs are decent machines. We may personally dislike them, but they are, after all, just tools. It is simply a vocal few that are 'as ignorant as the 90% of computer users who think that Mac's and PCs can't network together.' But by issuing an insult to the majority, you tend to place yourself more in the category of a troll...
My G5's power button has performed hard-boot duties more than 10 times so far...
It sounds like you may have some real issues. I'd certainly recommend starting with a clean install of the OS (if not a reformatted drive), and go from there. Macs, too, are just tools, and sometimes they're broken. If you go through the proper steps to find the problem, I'll bet your G5 will be even more indestructible than your PC (this coming from personal experience).
And by the way...WinXP start-up time from a cold boot situation is as fast as or faster than all Mac OSes before Panther. Now they are very close...close enough that it isn't a relevant difference...
Well, that's really not true. A few years ago I started up my old Mac LC, running System 7.1. I swear, I blinked and the desktop was up. I got curious about that and timed it. From turning the power on to having the desktop up took on the order of 5 seconds. That's what OSes used to be like. Oh well. Now, it may be true that XP has loaded faster than any previous version of OS X, but that's really saying something completely different...
