Unit 423 wrote:Wow - in all the other threads on PC vs. Mac that I've read, I have never heard such a well thought out response before. Bravo, dwchang.
alternatefutures wrote:Actually, as far as I know, "more fair benchmarks" have not been done as the G5 ain't actually out yet. The results were gleened from comparing Apple's numbers to numbers Dell, Intel, HP and others reported to SPEC. I think Apple's problem was they were looking for an unoptimized playing field (at least at first glance) and used the common misconception that using the same compiler on different architechtures eliminates a variable, and so I suspect not only did they screw over the Intel chip, but also their own (to what degree, I'm not sure). All reports of the G5's speed, fast or slow, should be taken with a grain of salt. The fact is, we really don't know at this point, we only have what Apple's released, which ain't much. Again, wait for people to get their hands on the thing before coming to a conclusion.
sixstop wrote:so the athlon 64 is basically going to be like every other cpu put out?
in the sense that all x86 start with very basic 8086 instructions and then kick into high gear, the althon 64 will still operate x86 programs?
alternatefutures wrote:The main reason OS-X doesn't crash as much as Win XP is because 99.9% of all Macs are manufactured by Apple and there is a vastly limited number of hardware options for it. If OS-X was released for the x86 platform, where you have dozens and dozens of bargain basement builders putting together systems with low quality RAM plus legions of manufactures making peripherals with vastly varying quality standards, you'd find OS-X crashed just about as frequently as XP. Plus, I have a theory that system stability is affected by pheromones. There are many Mac users who have x86 based-systems crash on them an inordinate ammount of time, then you have people like me, who can bring an entire room full of G4s to crashing halt just by stepping in the door. It's been documented, you DO NOT want me anywhere near your Mac or bad things WILL happen to it. I have irrepairably damaged some Macs just by using the basic text editor. Meanwhile, my 98SE system is highly stable. Thus, I believe there exist such things as Macintosh and x86 pheromones which determine the stability a user will experiance. Sure, laugh now, but when I win the Nobel Prize for my discovery I'll be over to gloat.
Ashyukun wrote:You would make for an amusing 'switch' commercial, though. "I'm Daniel Chang, and I work for American Microdevices."
Larg0 wrote:Macs = Better editing software and faster (with the G5).
PCs = Better encoding software and cheaper.
So long,
Larg0
ps. I choose Macs. I love mine.
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