Apple launches the PowerMac G5

[Asher]

http://www.apple.com/powermac/

I'll post more once I wade through their marketing...

[Asher]

Yeah, once again their numbers are fishy.

For example:
P4 Xeon 3.06GHz: http://www.spec.org/cpu2000/results/...07-02060.html: SPECINTBase: 1089

not 836 like they say on their page.

Apple never changes...

[monolith94]

"When we started the G5, we knew we couldn't make it just a little bit faster, we had to make it a whole lot faster"
Damn straight you did!

[Asher]

Real benchmark numbers (source: spec.org for the PCs, Apple.com for G5)

Xeon 3.06GHz (533MHz systembus):
int base: 1089 (Apple claims 836 on their page)
fp base: 1053 (Apple claims 646 on their page)

P4 3.0GHz (800MHz systembus):
int base: 1164
fp base: 1229


G5 2GHz:
int base: 800
fp base: 840

Apple, have you no shame?

How can they get away with this stuff time and time again?

[monolith94]

So it IS an apple/ibm collaboration! Fa! I'm happy that my dad works at a company working hand in hand with apple.

[Asher]

A $3000US computer and it comes with a $100 video card?

The highest-end G5 comes with a Radeon 9600...

And they only have 3 cards for selection: GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (5200 is the cheapest FX, ~$70), Radeon 9600, Radeon 9800. Pretty sad...

[monolith94]

We've always been a few months behind on graphics cards... The selection now is better than before. This is an upward trend.

[Drake Tungsten]

That's one well designed computer. I think Jonathan Ives has another award in his future.

[Asher]

I think he's losing his touch.

The old PowerMacs looked better.

The inside of the case, however, looks very well designed. It just looks fugly on the outside.

The handles are unnecessary and tacky, it's overly metallic, and it's more bland than I'm used to from Apple.

[Velociryx]

In other news:

Asher proposes to Bill Gates!



-=Vel=-

[Asher]

Silly Vel, for this thread it should read:

Asher proposes to Craig Barrett!

[Drake Tungsten]

The outside would look better without all the perforations, but they're necessary for the cooling system to work. I think he did a first-rate job given the constraints he had to work with. It's still light years ahead of anything the PC manufacturers are crapping out these days.

[Asher]

I disagree, I could name half a dozen kickass PC cases that do even a better job of cooling.

Granted, they don't ship with OEM computers.

[Velociryx]

Asher!

-=Vel=-

[monolith94]

OEM?

"I think he's losing his touch.
The old PowerMacs looked better.
The inside of the case, however, looks very well designed. It just looks fugly on the outside."
Wait... you're a pc user, right? I thought functionality mattered more to you than aesthetics!!!

I personally like the new look. I think it's slick.