I wouldn't worry to much about bugs in this CPU... It is also used in many of IBMs high-end UNIX systems - where bugs are simply intolerable.... IBM has an outstanding reputation in this regard and so does Apple really...
I really want one... Right now I am oly on a 400Mhz G3 that is getting rather dated and slow with OS-X... This G5 is just-what-the-doctor- ordered... Incidentally, at my last consulting project I had the opportunity to work with a 64-bit Sun workstation and the performance was phenomenal... If the G5 is anywhere near that (probably better since the Sun has been out for a while) it will be awesome.. - Greg > >>Just an simple observation. I moved from a G3 266 to a G4 500 and noticed a >>bump in improvement but nothing outrageous. I wouldn't even consider a G4 >>1400 upgrade unless I was heavy into video work and 3D rendering or >>continuously using large files in Pshop. I am content to wait till the next >>real screaming speed increase before upgrading. > >Yeah, well, it looks like this IS the real screaming speed increase. I >was emailing a tech-savvy friend of mine (I wouldn't know backside cache >from my backside) and speculating how nice it would be to be able to swap >my 500 MHz DP for a 2GHz DP and get a 4-5x speed increase. He said, "no, >you don't get it; the change in chip architecture means that the 2GHz DP >won't be 4 times as fast as yours, it'll be somewhere around 10-15 times >faster than my current one". > >I *do* continuously use large photoshop files -- I can't wait to get one >of these beasts; I'm not sure I can restrain myself to give them 6 months >breaking-in/shakedown time. > >Okay, enough. I was a bit cheeky to start this as a thread on the PM >list, but hey, it's the big news for all mac users. > >Saving money hard... >Rick > >----------- >G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS X 10.2.6 :: 768 MB RAM >PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode ><www.sharkattack.co.uk>
