On Wednesday, December 26, 2001, at 10:03 AM, Dan Arnold wrote: >> >> This is absurd. The fastest PowerPC processor is embarrassingly slow >> compared to the top-of-the-line x86. The G4 ekes out an advantage >> with intensive SIMD processes designed to use the AltiVec routine, >> but for the majority of tasks the PPC is slower. > > Yeah, right. The DP800 G4, which is the fastest Mac, I believe, (It IS > faster then the 867Mhz G4 in OS X, isn't it?) is *much* faster then the > fastest P4. And even if the P4 has more clock speed - which it does - > the > Mac is still faster, it doesn't matter. It's the processor. > >
Being the owner of over 40 mac's I can say I love them I am a Mac addict. Having said that I also own 1 PC used mostly for work and gaming. First off if you want to talk about the fastest PC you need to forget about Intel and the P4. AMD make's a much better cpu. The P4 2000MHz scores about the same on bench marks as the Athlon 1400Mhz. And AMD's new XP cpu's up to 1600MHz kill the P4. My PC a 1200MHz Athlon (soon to be upgraded to the XP1600MHZ) with DDR ram 256 a 266MHz front side bus ATA100 and raid Geforce 2mx400 64mb running Windows XP is very Fast. Windows XP is a very good OS I have used all the windows and it's about time thay made a good OS. 2000 was ok. The QS 867 is still a fast computer and much better looking one too. And I think that we will see the speed going up soon. also if you compare a Mac and PC of the same speed the Mac would win. But I do think the Mac's are a bit expensive. What Mac's need is faster bus speed and ATA 100 DDR memory would be nice too. my 2 cent's Lou -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
