Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 19th Nov 2005 16:54 UTC, submitted by Richard Levangie
"Yesterday, I had an hour to work with Apple's new Power Mac Quad G5, and for anyone in the broadcast, sciences, music, print and photography industries, I have some advice: Place your orders now!"
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These quad cores are an excellent deal, price-wise. To build a competitive dual-dual Opteron system, you'd need a pair of Opteron 280s. These are not cheap CPUs, running about $1350 a pop. Throw in a K8WE, and you're already looking at $3100. A cheapo graphics card like the one in the quad will run you maybe $100, a hard drive another $100, and RAM like $40. Throw in a case and fans, you're looking at $3500 minimum. Now, depending on the work you do (eg: scientific computing), the Opteron 275 might be more comparable to the dual-G5, but that's still $3000, and for $300 more you get a warranty, technical support, and the ability to run OS X-only software like FCP.
EDIT: It just occurred to me that the Quad only has a single-dual channel memory controller, while the K8WE has dual-dual channel memory controllers. So in that case, knock $100 of the prices above to factor in the cheaper motherboard. Still a good deal, however.
Edited 2005-11-19 21:27