Linked by David Adams on Mon 15th Oct 2001 02:23 UTC
OS News' review of Mac OS X last week certainly stirred up controversy, partially because some die hard Mac fans perceived that it was improper for an outsider (someone who is not an everyday Mac user) to me making broad criticisms after only a superficial introduction to the New operating system. Well, folks, that's why they call it a review. We thought that Apple's major new OS also deserved a road test, and there were two very important events in Mac OS X history just a few days ago that toppled the last major obstacle to making it ready for millions of Mac users to start using it as their everyday OS: the 10.1 release and the release of Microsoft Office X. Last week, I made the switch and started using Mac OS X as my everyday OS. Here's how it went:
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some speedtest from c't magazine issue 16 (german mag. aug 2001) first number G4 867MHz, second number P4 1.7GHz 3d rendering cinema 4D (larger is faster..) shading C4D 7,46 / 13.55 shading OpenGl 9.88 / 21.00 raytracing 10.74 / 16.51 unreal tournament [fps] min med max powermac G4/876 18.5 28.5 48.4 P4/1.7 22.6 46.2 80.5 Quake III [fps] G4 / P4 47.8 / 59.1 So it's not a slow machine, but not faster then a P4 at 1.7GHz like Apple claimed..