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Subject: [OM] Re: OT - Mac G4 upgrade - sonnet
From: iwert <zuiko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:55:47 +0100
Yes, in benchmarks (Xbench), in real life the new Imac is about 90% as 
fast in Photoshop CS as the old one.
Some tasks a little faster, some a lot slower... Altivec was really 
fast!
see <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/imac-coreduo.ars/4>

I'ld buy the last gen G5, be it powerbook or imac, and wait for the 
sec. gen Intelmac.

Iwert.

Op 18-jan-06 om 23:32 heeft Rob Harrison het volgende geschreven:

>
>  From what I've read you don't need to change software. The Intel
> chip _emulating_ the IBM chip runs something like twice as fast as
> the IBM chip.
>
> If I was going to do it, I'd get the latest and greatest, with the
> iMac anyway. Although the older models are no slouches.
>
>
> -Rob
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2006, at 1:08 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>>
>> Hmmm, Rob, that new iMac is certainly tempting.  I might avoid the
>> Intel chip one to save changing software, but your recommendation was
>> like preaching to this particular choir :-)
>>
>> Chris
>> ~~ >-)-
>> C M I Barker
>> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
>> +44 (0)7092 251126
>> www.threeshoes.co.uk
>> homepage.mac.com/zuiko
>>
>>
>> On 18 Jan 2006, at 19:53, Rob Harrison wrote:
>>
>>> Don't have experience with DP upgrades, but I did use Sonnet boards
>>> to upgrade the two beige G3's at my office. Turned out it would have
>>> been better and less expensive in the long run to just buy new boxes.
>>> The upgrade couldn't run OS X. They did extend the life of the boxes
>>> by another two years, until I switched to iMac G5's. IMHO the iMac
>>> G5's are hard to beat for value vs processing power & convenience,
>>> especially if you install 2GB RAM.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rob in Seattle
>>>
>>
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