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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Disappointed
2005-02-02 by GAmoore@aol.com
In a message dated 2/2/05 10:39:41 AM, kamm@... writes:
Although I've found Apple to be on the leading edge of creativity, until the
G5s, they (to me) have always lagged behind PCs in hardware speed. The G5s
change that and may even reverse it to some degree. They are truly on the
bleeding edge of technology.
Apples were way ahead in both nominal CPU speed and actual processing ability for years. The motorola chips started slipping behind the intel chips, although the claim was made that the motorola was more efficient and that in real world terms the apple was still faster. However, the intels/amds have continued to race ahead. I suspect that the fastest intel chips are faster in real terms as well. But I read an article which compared top speed set ups on both platforms and i was surprised to see that i was actually cheaper for the mac, becuase to get the top speed and all the parts for the pc was more.
my conclusion is that they are in the same ball park, and the difference in efficiency is less important than the ease of use, learning curve, costs of conversion.