http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:34:26 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/010738.php#comment-16305 Michael Croft hit the nail on the head: "the long term promises of the architecture and the advantages that were expected didn't really materialize." the only reason I do not want to sell my PC is because it is all setup for work, but the thought of having a G5, that would sure be nice. That is worth selling a 7 month old 3 Ghz P4 rig. It is still new enough I can get money out of it, and I can "come back" to the mac full time. After all, that Alienware rig was my first PC purchase :p ]]> 16305@blogcritics.org Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:34:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/010738.php#comment-16304 Cool!! Thanks Guys. I am giving my high school senior lil sis my current comp (Dude, its a Dell) and doing some comparative shopping to see what would be my best move for my new comp. Apple has been intriguing because I am interested in the conveniece of the iPod. But I really love my old Dell... ]]> 16304@blogcritics.org Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:23:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/010738.php#comment-16296 The G5 is the newest, fastest Mac and in high demand at the moment (by hardcore Mac users, mostly). Google it and you'll find all kinds of articles about it. Hope that helps, Dew ;) ]]> 16296@blogcritics.org Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:48:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/010738.php#comment-16295 Hi Dew. The buzz over the G5 is partially based on the increasing frustration Mac users have had with Motorola's G4. Many of the long term promises of the architecture and the advantages that were expected didn't really materialize. The G5 starts at higher clock speeds than the G4 topped at, and there's a roadmap from IBM that seems more reliable than the Motorola story. The chip and the system and OS design from Apple take advantage of the 64-bit design without sacrificing existing 32-bit apps. The OS can be improved piecemeal to use the new architecture and apps will just run faster as it's done. Apple has also integrated a number of more-advanced system architecture features that had not made it to G4 systems, so the new systems should be better at almost every task, and not just better at clock-speed tasks. For businesses, this is effectively a light workstation class machine that comes with all the Unix-y goodness you could want (and the promise of more and an upgraded development environment with Panther) which also runs MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel, an Outlook equivalent, Photoshop, etc. The new chip makes that story a lot more compelling. I'm considering a dual 2GHz machine to replace my dual 450Mhz machine. ]]> 16295@blogcritics.org Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:47:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/010738.php#comment-16292 Not being sarcastic but what is so great about the G5 (obviously I am a indows user) ]]> 16292@blogcritics.org Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:35:52 EDT