Opinions on how fast Dual G5 2.5Ghz is...

[BWhaler]

I own the 2.5 with 2 gigs of memory, and to put it simply, it screams. It is the fastest machine I have ever used by a long shot.

I suspect this machine will still have me satisfied 5 years from now.

 

[Mechcozmo]

iDo Photoshop work, play iTunes, am on iChat, have pictures importing, etc. With 768MB of RAM.

And iDo this on a 1.33 GHz PowerBook 12"

Its pretty fast... and its a lot more portable than a G5! Plus, it can go for a few hours without recharging the batteries...

 

[maya]

ok, I know this is all personal opinion and I am somewhat in a biased forums, however, its because of you guys I purchased, and replaced my pc with an iBook for the time being.

Anyway, I currently own a iBook G4 1.33Ghz, 14', 768MB Ram, Combo Drive OSX.3.7

There are times, even when doing simple tasks, that this machine slows down... not to a crawl, but a noticeable slowdown in general performance. No games are played except StarCraft and WarCraft II

I am not looking to jump right into a Dual G5 system, however I would like to gather some opinions on its performance. Dual G5 2.5Ghz, 1GB + Ram systems, and a good High End Video card.... compared to what I have. Now there will be a great boost going from the iBook to a Dual G5. But is it really notacable? and are say the Dual 2.5's alot faster than a single 1.8?

Thanks

Lets put it this way a dual PMG5 2.5GHz is fast enough that it does not even require Core Image.

Core Image is great for sub 2.0GHz G5 machines however the 2.5GHz will outperform Core Image for another year, which is good for those who invested in it.

 

[maya]

I own the 2.5 with 2 gigs of memory, and to put it simply, it screams. It is the fastest machine I have ever used by a long shot.

I suspect this machine will still have me satisfied 5 years from now.

Until a dual 3.0GHz dual core G5 comes out.

 

[spercharged69]

It's pretty fast. My work PC is based around an Athlon64 4000, and it seems much faster in photoshop in comparison to my G5. That is really the only application I use on both systems, but the A64 is much more responsive.

The dual 2.5ghz G5 is the fastest Mac though, obviously.

 

[neut]

It's pretty fast. My work PC is based around an Athlon64 4000, and it seems much faster in photoshop in comparison to my G5. That is really the only application I use on both systems, but the A64 is much more responsive.

The dual 2.5ghz G5 is the fastest Mac though, obviously.

i use a fast AMD (custom built) here at work (windows 2000) with 1G of RAM and my DP2.5 G5 with 1.5Gs kicks it's ass in photoshop. especially when i use expose!!!

though the mac really shines when im multi-processing. onthe PC i can run Flash Illustrator, Phtoshop, Thunderbird, many Firefoxes, PowerPoint, Word, Vegas, iTunes, and many Explorers, but it's starts to crap out. i usuall close Illustrator, Excel and PowerPoint when i can (least used) to get max performance. the G5 runs all that and audio programs without a problem.

btw- which version of PS are you using?


peace.