[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Unfortunately only big companies and organisations Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by AdamB [Email] (#3) [Profile/Gallery] (more from AdamB) on Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:11:21 In Reply to: You forgot to add that they're better suited for..., Blobakazeke, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:50:51 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

can afford clusters. Us mortals have to make do with single or dual processor systems running consumer applications, where Macs haven't been shown to be faster.

Seriously though, even though I think using FLOPS to compare desktop systems doesn't reflect real world performance accurately (what about bandwidth for example?), the stated figures sound way off. If we are to compare raw processing power using synthetic benchmarking, the SPECint&SPECfp2000 (same benchmark used by Apple during G5 launch) results show for example the Athlon64 FX-55 to have a score of 1854/1782. The G5 2.2 Ghz scores 1040/1241 and the very inexpensive 2.0 Ghz Athlon64 3200+ scores 1335/1250. I couldn't find results for the 2.5 Ghz G5, but it's not likely to be much higher.

As for the price on hardware, I don't know about the states but at least here it's impossible to buy a G5 Powermac for the same money, with the same specifications, as a well decked out PC. If you buy components and assemble them yourself there's no comparison in price or flexibility.

Again, Macs are nice and smooth, but they just can't do what I need from a computer and are too expensive for my taste. But I can definitely see the attraction.

Different strokes for different folks... :)

• OT Considering "the switch", Eric, Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:26:42
  • and dont forget...ngk's suck too. so does mtl n/m, chrisx, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:52:03
  • Did it 2 years' ago. Never looked back..., Jo k, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:01:11
  • Re: OT Considering "the switch" (REAL LONG), Tom Young, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:22:07
    • Re: OT Considering "the switch" (REAL LONG), scottg, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:00:31
  • Re: OT Considering "the switch", scottg, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:05:01
  • All niche application are for Windows., dmz789, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:58:01
    • Re: All niche application are for Windows., Noel, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:31:36
  • SAAB & Mac, Rob in Atlanta, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:36:13
  • No real downside, but, Noel, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:15:29
  • There is no such thing as perfection when it...., Blobakazeke, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:55:16
    • I mostly agree, AdamB , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 05:44:21
      • Adam, I can play this game, too (long)...., Blobakazeke, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:49:08
        • Hehe, AdamB , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:18:26
        • All alphabet soup aside,, Rafe, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:16:19
          • You forgot to add that they're better suited for..., Blobakazeke, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:50:51
            • Unfortunately only big companies and organisations, AdamB , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:11:21 <-- Viewing This Message
          • What's a blue screen?, AdamB , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:23:50
            • Re: What's a blue screen?, Rafe, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:42:46
              • Winblows XP is much better than earlier..., Bob M, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:10:13
                • Re: Winblows XP is much better than earlier..., Rafe, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:21:07
  • depends...., chrisx, Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:36:19
  • Re: OT Considering "the switch", TML , Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:33:11
    • Is this a joke?, Rafe, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:12:51
      • Don't worry, I couldn't open it on my XP box either! nm, Craig, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:23:41
        • It opened right up on mine, RS , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:36:43
      • It's because it's a Divx file, AdamB , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:22:45
        • link for non divx users, Rafe, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:53:39
          • That is the funniest thng I've seen in weeks, RS , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:48:30
  • check out the mac mini, Trev, Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:49:30
  • Re: OT Considering "the switch", Rafe, Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:32:40
    • Doesn't the whole computer virus issue go away with, John_Asp, Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:18:08
      • Just a matter of time as OSX gets more popular..., Scott Paterson , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:27:08
      • What's a computer virus? :) nm, Rafe, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:53:03
      • 16 Years of Macs - Never a Virus - No Antivirus n/m, Rob in Atlanta, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:28:47
        • I got Nvir back in the late 80's... still have it..., Scott Paterson , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:54:07
      • pretty much..., Scott Paterson , Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:02:09
      • Re: Doesn't the whole computer virus issue go away wit, matt 94 aero, Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:57:56

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