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   From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   "Randy Howard"  wrote in message   
   news:MPG.1cd8b2846ba7f37b98a4a7@news.verizon.net...   
   > In article , nospam@nospam.com   
   > says...   
   >>   
   >> "prodigal1"  wrote in message   
   >> news:bJqdnfEKjqBecvPfRVn-gg@rogers.com...   
   >> > Houston had a problem when he wrote:   
   >> >> On the other hand, if you go with OS X, you are locked into expensive   
   >> >> and   
   >> >> slightly underpowered Apple hardware.   
   >> >   
   >> > G5 underpowered?  what the hell have you been smoking?   
   >> > (coz I want some)   
   >>   
   >> Compared to the current crop of x86 machines, Macs DO appear to be   
   >> underpowered, overall.   
   >   
   > Sure.  Want to make it official?  Compare a dual-Opteron with Hyper-   
   > transport RAM to a dual G5 and run a memory throughput test.  Ouch.   
   > It'll be ugly.  Wait much longer, even the dual-core desktops will   
   > be chomping at the bit.   
   >   
   > Graphics performance?  Try out SLI versus Mac.   
   >   
   >> This may change with Tiger, and/or better compilers and/or new CPUs, but   
   >> that's the concensus right now.   
   >   
   > If they forked OS X and had a version to take specific advantage of   
   > the G5, it would probably also help, but they probably don't have   
   > the horsepower or incentive to keep two or more versions afloat at   
   > the same time.   
   >   
   > I'm guessing (??) that Apple does not have a way that you can rebuild   
   > the OS X kernel to take specific advantage of the G5 instruction set,   
   > ala Linux?  That might be a way to shorten up the differences until   
   > IBM gets the PowerPC up to where it is supposed to be.   
      
   Apple has been known to ship box-specific versions of their OS, but I don't   
   know if that was so much for optimization as for making sure that you   
   couldn't share your OS disk with just anyone.   
      
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