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   From: flippo@mac.com   
      
   In article ,   
    digitaleon  wrote:   
      
   > To alt.flame.macintosh and comp.sys.mac.advocacy subscribers,   
   >   
   > > From: No spam ,   
   >   
   > > Apple sucks because it bold face lies. Didn't anyone read the article   
   > > on wininformant?   
   > >   
   > > Seems stupid to me to claim the G5 is the fastest home computer then   
   > > have your lies exposed so quickly.   
   >   
   > The WinInformant article - yes, I read it, and it was flogging an   
   > already dead horse by the time it came to 'print'.   
   >   
   > Those sites that were objective about Apple's SPEC benchmarks said that   
   > question-marks were raised about the tests and the way in which they   
   > were conducted, chided Apple/VeriTest for not using the fastest   
   > components to give a result, and cautioned potential buyers to wait   
   > until more information came to light, based on Apple's poor record in   
   > the past on benchmarking.   
   >   
   > Those sites that were NOT objective about Apple's SPEC benchmarks were   
   > blatant and deliberate with their bias and wantonly bashed the   
   > platform, broaching topics that had nothing to do with the actual   
   > benchmarks. Information from Apple/VeriTest, including the test plan   
   > itself, were at best given the Kangaroo Court treatment.   
   >   
   > There are dozens of flaws in the counter-argument, which have already   
   > been covered ad nauseum. Check the various threads in CSMA the week   
   > after the announcement of the new PowerMacs and their SPEC benchmarks   
   > to get the greasy.   
   >   
   > My opinion, they needed to do a lot more application benchmarks. SPEC   
   > isn't a reliable method for determining system performance, for reasons   
   > already widely known and acknowledged, which have nothing to do with   
   > Apple's previous benchmarking or this latest brouhaha.   
   >   
   > So, I'm going to take the objective writers' advice and wait until more   
   > information comes to light. That means mid-August at the earliest.   
   >   
      
   All of this assumes, of course, that the SPEC results are the only ones   
   available. There were also demos by 7 software companies at WWDC that   
   all showed essentially the same thing.   
      
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