Hmmm, thought I read that the G5 was an IBM chip, maybe my info or
memory is incorrect.
Scott
On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:24 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
Several things here.
Currently, the motorola chips apple uses are roughly 50% faster
than the equivalent intel based chips at the same MHZ rating. I
don't know exactly this is, but I'd wager it's related to the way
commands are executed in the pipeline of the chips.
Next, viruses aare targeted to a specific os, not the processor.
It doesn't matter what cpu is in your machine, if it's a virus
written for windows, and you've got linux installed on your
machine, it isn't going to affect your machine.
As far as speed goes, Because intel uses a different manufacturing
technique for it's chips, it still has lots of room to grow in the
MHZ arena. Apparently, this is becoming increasingly less so for
the processes used to manufacture the chips Apple is using at the
moment, thus the switch.
Yes, temporarily, the cpus will rate slower than existing macs, but
given time, the new ones will outstrip anything available today in
the mac world.
Last, these statements are my own as I understand the current state
of affairs. Inaccuracies may be herein, and all errors are
strictly my own. I've gathered this info from several different
sources over the past couple years, and pointing to them all would
be impossible, so errors are by default mine, since it's perfectly
logical I misremember something, since I have none of the
referenced material in front of me at this moment. However, I do
believe all of the above asertions to be correct, and if they
aren't, I'm sure others will correct.
On Jan 9, 2006, at 6:11 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
I have heard recently that mac is changing to the intel
processors. According to my brother, that is good, and it will
make them faster, but I remember seeing a video on that mac
website that you guys refered me to explaining why their
processors are more efficient than the rest. Also, another guy
said that these processors will leave the macs more volnerable to
viruses. So, my question is, what does this mean, the conversion
to intel processors. Will they make macs faster, or will they
leave apple more volnerable to viruses? Isn't the determining
factor on impermiability to internet intruders based more on the
operating system rather than the hardware device that it runs on?
