From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Deckert) Wow. 64-bit architecture with a 1GB bus, point-to-point system controller, up to 8GB RAM, serial ATA, PCI-X, 8X AGP, FireWire 800, USB 2.0, front-panel ports, TOSLINK in/out, standard SuperDrive and more. And I guess those comparisons with dual 3Ghz Xeons are utter fabrication.
Yep, piece of junk for sure. Much better top-end, new-computer values are available ... where again?
Pretty much everywhere, once you take your Apple blinders off. Cheaper too. Everything you list above (except the 1 ghz bus, but 800mhz is common) is available elsewhere. You act like these specs are new and revolutionary or something. Well, I guess they *are* new and revolutionary for Macs. Apple has just caught-up with the rest of world. Finally. You're acting like they have blown past everyone else. They have not.
Yes, the comparisons with the dual Xeon *were* complete fabrications. Check out www.spec.org for the *correct* P4 and dual Xeon numbers, not the Apple-cooked ones. You will see that, once again, Apple does *not* make "The World's Fastest Personal Computer". Plus, the 3ghz Xeons are not even the fastest dual CPU setup available RIGHT NOW. In 3 months when these g5 machines are actually available, they will be even further behind.
Once again, we see Apple comparing the The Fastest Mac On The Planet (availability be damned!) to 6 month old PC systems. Wow. Color me unimpressed. Why not a no holds barred, all out comparison against The Fastest PC On The Planet?
I didn't say it was "a piece of junk for sure". Just that *I* won't be dropping $3000 on one - anymore than I would drop $3000 for a top-of-the-line Dell. I wouldn't spend that much of my own money on *any* computer, not when I can upgrade what I have for less than a quarter of that (new MB, CPU(s) and RAM). Feel free to spend *your* money on 1, 10 or 1000 of them for all I care.
The best thing (to me) about these new machines is that they will force down the prices of used G4 towers on eBay!
Dan
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