Appleinsider is reporting that developers who have received Apple's developer-only Intel Macs are very pleased with the performance of Mac OS X on them. Some even claim that they are faster than high-end dual G5s. Developers also report that Apple's Rosetta technology, which allows Intel Macs to run PowerPC software, is fast and seamless.
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When Apple spoke all these years about Apple PPC hardware being superior to x86, they were blowing smoke up people's ass?
They're stronger on different tasks, I expect benchmarks will show some things up, some down.
That said the Mac P4 will have lower memory latency, that 2MB cache will make a big difference as well.
The G5 hasn't been modified in any major way for a long time now so it'll be interesting to see how the new ones (with 1 core disabled) will go against the P4 machines.
Member since:2005-07-06
Just cause they are using intel procs, doesn't mean they are PC hardware. They will be like any other mac ever, custom hardware.
And going to intel may very well not make them cheaper. Apple said the 970 cost less then an intel chip. So they very well may go up in price.
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Macs have very little custom hardware in them. It's the same generic RAM, same ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards, same Maxtor harddrives, etc. The only thing custom in there has been the motherboard, case and power supply. With the Mactel, Apple will be using an Intel chipset, so its machines will be as stock as Dell's --- slightly modified motherboard and power supply, custom case.
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When Apple spoke all these years about Apple PPC hardware being superior to x86, they were blowing smoke up people's ass?
I'm really interested to see how much they're going to charge for x86 Macs. People have argued for years whether or not Macs are overpriced. But since they will soon be running on PC hardware, I guess we're gonna find out