On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: > I like my G5 tower more than my computer lab's Mac Minis.
That exact G5 is far slower than even the base-model Mac Mini of today in Geekbench scores, and you're not even considering that only with Snow Leopard has 64-bit software been brought to the end-user in a very big way, which will never happen on a G5. Ever. Only if you're specifically running multi-core, memory-intensive old PowerPC-native versions of apps would you see a G5 win in performance standpoint. It should generally be much faster to run CS5 on a Mac Mini than CS4 on your G5 for example. Ditto for just about anything else. And this is the Mac Mini we're talking about -- we're not even in the same ballpark if we start talking about iMacs or Mac Pros. I don't know what exactly you mean by "more standards." At the very best, the G5 uses cutting-edge standards of 2004 or 2005. Mac Minis are perfectly standards-compliant today. Right now. The fact of the matter is Apple and the industry rejected PowerPC years ago. It's not going to be much longer before you won't even be able to use current versions of basic necessities like Safari on your G5. Are you still going to cling to PowerPC then? We are here to help each other out, as owners of PowerPC systems that continue to use them for whatever purposes that we do. I have G4s and even 603s running in my house still currently. However, we should not kid ourselves, or others who seek our advice, by seriously recommending new purchases of PowerPC equipment for any reason other than a hobbyist pursuit, as if to ignore the state of the Macintosh platform and the assured EOL that approaches these systems faster every day. PowerPC. PageMill. AppleWorks. Mac OS Classic. We've pushed these technologies farther than their own engineers ever imagined they could possibly go. The end really is near. Some of us old timers who so vigorously advocated and evangelized "the way" have long ago come to terms with and accepted the inevitable. I'm disappointed that so many still seem unable or unwilling to leave the past behind. It really is better on the Intel side of the fence. Some day soon you will see that. </rant> -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
