[aldo_14]

Mac CPUs (I think Motorola is responsible..not sure) are much better designed than Intel (in particular ) chips, though.  Intel are prone to chucking in totally useless stuff to try and get a higher clockspeed, like making a 20 stage piepline that has no benefit other than to push the clock cycles (but not performance) up.  Or hyperthreading, which requires specifically written application.  

Not to mention the overhead of having to preserve the old opcodes for backwards compatibility  - i.e. complex instructions designed into the chip when machine / assembly coding was de riguer.  Or having to try and cram in 32 bits without losing 16-bit compatibility.  

On the other hand, when Apple created their 32 bit chip, they just redesigned from scratch - more efficient that way.  I'd imagine ditto for this one.

It's worth noting that M/G hertz ratings are completely and utterly meaningless measures nowadays.... especially on Intel chips.

[Turnsky]

like i said, with the kind of graphical stuff i'm gonna be doing in the next 3-4 years or so, this would be beneficial...

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by Analazon
Apple Cheated.

http://www.haxial.com/spls-soapbox/apple-powermac-G5/

This is one of  the reasons why i hate Apple(the other being they make Macs, which imo suck, might work for some people, but they're useless to me ).

[Unknown Target]

What's so good about Macs when it comes to image processing? I mean, they suck as a computor, and I don't notice any better image quality.

[Stryke 9]

Nothing, really. Some graphics programs come out on Mac first, lots of artists don't like to bother with computer-literacy, and hype. Mostly hype.

[Turnsky]

Hmmm perhaps... i just want the 23" cinema display... damn things at least a good $1000 cheaper than the samsung models;)

[Unknown Target]

Mac monitors are only compatable with Macs, Turnsky

[Turnsky]

*Shoves a lit candle in ut's eye*



note that is INFACT a PC that monitor's hooked up to;)
notice the "green Jellybean" start menu? (winXP)

[Unknown Target]

You liiiiieeee!!!!

Bet you need an adapter, tho.

[Turnsky]

yeah, you do... but..

Clicky

[Stryke 9]

$150 for an adaptor?


Holy fucking fuck.

[Turnsky]

expensive isn't it?

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Well, depends what you're looking for, I guess. I've got this violent love/hate relationship with Escape Velocity

[color=66ff00]Why in hell has nobody cloned that game for the PC? OK so it does become a little tedious from time to time but it's brilliant played in 1 hour stints from time to time.

The system requirements are great too, you could almost install it on a pocket calculator.
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[Stryke 9]

I think that's more than my monitor cost, period.

By the way, is there any pricing on going the other route? I've got a ****ty old PC monitor and a ****ty old Mac, and I think they'd make a lovely couple seeing as I didn't have to pay for either. Trick is, my total maximum budget for this project is maybe $15 or it's just plain not worth it...

[Stryke 9]

Maeg: I think because it's not really famous, and probably because Ambrosia doesn't wanna lose hold of it. Not that they've got too tight a grip, anyway.

[Turnsky]

Here's the Samsung alternative;)
http://www.samsung.com.au/samsung.asp?cat=52&obj=94

[Grey Wolf]

No offense to Jobs or anything, but due to the extremely cheap Athlon XPs, I've become an AMD fanboy. I'll just wait for San Diego and Victoria

[Turnsky]

same here, my main PC has an athlonxp in it

[delta_7890]

Originally posted by Turnsky
*Shoves a lit candle in ut's eye*



note that is INFACT a PC that monitor's hooked up to;)
notice the "green Jellybean" start menu? (winXP)

I like your posters more than the computer.  Namely the one in the upper-left of the image.  ^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[Turnsky]

this ain't mine....

i wish it was tho...

I was just making the point that you can hook a apple monitor to a pc..