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[Nummi_G4]

http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2...macvspciii.htm

Mac gets crushed. (sorry if someone else posted this)

[serpicolugnut]

...And Mac apologists will have a zillion responses along the lines of "the tests were skewed towards the PC", "mhz doesn't matter'...blah blah blah...

Apple had better becomes at least competitive in Professional Performance of their desktops, or 2003 will be a very bad year for the Pro unit...

[kendall]

Intel's Hyper-Threading technology is going to squash the dual processor myth Apple is trying to instill in PowerMac users.

Tom's Hardware also has a great review of the new P4 3.06GHz HT against a P4 3.6GHz.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q4/021114/index.html

Wow Apple, not only are those MHz getting high but the technological advancements Intel is making sure are starting to put the G4 to shame.

I love Apple dearly and wouldn't trade my iBook for anything but when it comes to a desktop computer, I'd always choose a PC over a Mac. Pretty soon, no Photoshop benchmark in the world is going to save the Mac from a PC.

Don't forget my favorite part of the whole article.

Of course, Mac stalwarts will cling to the notion that Mac OS X is so much better and easier to use than Windows XP, but if you’re spending all day inside After Effects, which operating system you’re using makes little difference. What does make a huge difference is if you have to sit and wait for rendering any longer than necessary. And, according to our benchmarks here, if you have an After Effects composite that needs, say, two hours to render on the Mac, it’ll take you about an hour and 10 minutes on this PC.

Whine about it all you want but its the truth.

[malexgreen]

Originally posted by Nummi_G4
http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2...macvspciii.htm

Mac gets crushed. (sorry if someone else posted this)

So why switch? Does the 2.2GHz Pentium4 M outperform the 1GHz G4 in the powerbook?

[kendall]

Originally posted by malexgreen
So why switch? Does the 2.2GHz Pentium4 M outperform the 1GHz G4 in the powerbook?

In real-word application, YES.

[iMacLover]

Why switch to a Mac?

Because OS X 10.2 is the most reliable OS on the market.

[Sogni]

Woah... I wonder if that thind would run Linux - only THEN would it rock!

But MAN do people really spend that much money on a PC??? I'll bet you can save tons of money by building it yourself.

If you ask me, only Sony (on the X86 architecture) and Apple are worth the money. Everything else I have built (even servers for a Web Hoster).

But, gotta love PCs and Microsoft tho - they keep me in business!

[Nummi_G4]

As long as my Mac can run OSX, Photoshop, BBEdit and other Adobe apps at high speeds, I am happy.