'PC Magazine' have been testing the new G5 up against a Dell Precision 650 workstation with dual 3.06-GHz Intel Xeon processors. They also threw in a 2 x 1.4 Ghz G4 for comparison.
This is an extract from the article at <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1274230,00.asp>
Adobe PhotoShop. PhotoShop is a popular image editing program used extensively on both OSes. We tested using version 7.01, the latest available for both Windows and Macintosh, and we used Adobe's G5 Processor plug-in update for Mac OS X that lets the program take advantage of the system's additional memory and special instructions. We started with a 59.5 MB test image, but many operations completed too quickly to time, so we quadrupled the size to 238MB.
At these larger image sizes, although the Wintel test times were quite good, both the G4 and G5 computers proved more adept at distort functions like wave and pinch. **Moreover, on the Windows system, loading the controls often took a minute or more. If these times are added back to the actual test times, **both** Macintosh computers would have clearly outperformed the Windows-based computer**
Note then that even a steam-powered old G4 "*clearly* outperformed" a "Dell Precision 650 workstation with dual 3.06-GHz Intel Xeon processors" in a "Real World" situation.
I wonder how the Dell compares to the G4 cost-wise?
Simon
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