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   From: afrosheen@comcast.net   
      
   Randy Howard wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Looks to me like Apple won't have to worry about PowerPC problems for   
   much longer. According to a post on a WINHEC attendee's blog, Apple is   
   really getting fed up with IBM's PowerPC production (or lack thereof)   
   and is extremely seriously considering a move to x86 hardware. Link here :   
   http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=46175   
      
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