XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:44:08 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
      
   > The G5 was an OK chip, but it was more power hungry than Intel and   
   > therefore ran even hotter than Intel. The CPU heat sinks in a G4 or   
   > G5 Mac were friggin huge, along with multiple fans. Which is one   
   > reason why Macs switched to Intel in 2005.   
   >   
   > There was even a quad CPU G5 with water cooling. Had actual   
   > radiator/water pump/hoses to circulate the water. What could   
   > possibly go wrong there?   
      
   I remember a review of Apple’s XServe machines (remember when Apple   
   sold servers?) running “OS X Server”, where the reviewer compared the   
   performance with Linux running the same software (MySQL) performing   
   the same operations on the same hardware. Linux basically wiped the   
   floor with OS X.   
      
   > Now we have 10, 12 and 16 core Macs that don't need a single fan.   
   > How times have changed.   
      
   One thing that won’t have changed, is the ability of Linux to run better   
   on a vendor’s own hardware than the vendor’s own OS. Remember, Linux   
   has been on ARM longer than Apple has.   
      
   Can’t find anything newer than this   
    from three   
   years ago, but already Linux was mostly holding its own in some   
   places, pulling ahead in others.   
      
   > Don't forget Macs/iPads/iPhones.  Running on Unix.   
      
   Licensees of a trademark, nothing more. Even Ken Thompson, “Mr Unix”   
   himself, doesn’t want to use Apple’s “Unix” any more.   
      
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