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>But ... guess what graphics hardware Apple decided to build into the 
>G4 range? 
><grin>  
>Yep, it's ATI again!

Apple uses the ATI card only for the lowest end G4. All the rest use NVIDIA 
GeForce4 MX (I think for about two years now?).  ATI is still making boards 
for Mac (and PC), and recently introduced the 8500 high end graphics board. I 
hope that doesn't wipe the >grin< off your face.


Now, I'll be the first to be suspicious of company created propoganda, but 
Apple claims this on their website :

   Awesome Power
    We’ve taken the fastest PowerPC G4 processor ever created — and then 
doubled it — 
    to introduce the phenomenal new dual 1-GHz PowerMac G4.  Add Velocity 
Engine vector 
    processing technology, an ultraefficient system architecture, and it’s no 
wonder that 
    it outperforms even the fastest Pentium-based systems.

If you download thier detailed spec sheet (via PDF file), they claim that the 
Dual 1 Gig Powermac G4 ("the worst computer ever made" according to some 
here)... is 72% faster than a Dell Dimension 8200 running a 2 GHz Pentium 4. 
Even the lowly 800 Mhz G4 Powermac is 26% faster than the 2 Gig Dell. Of 
course Photoshop is not time sensitive as audio is, but I have had Photoshop 
load my system much more than audio - its a  non-trivial comparison. They 
further claim that Dual G4 is 300% faster than a Sony VAIO 590G running a 2 
GIG Pentium 4 (and the 733MHz G4 is 84% faster) at DVD video encoding. 
However, I think this is partly a gimmick, since Apple has worked hard to 
make DVD conversion very efficient.

Are they guilty of misleading advertising? There are laws against that. Do 
you PC-lovers think is total nonsense? If so, inform the Justice department 
of the United States so they can clamp down on these falsehoods.