New Macintosh G5s

Re: New Macintosh G5s

I'd take the leap, as well...but be warned that OS X is a distinctly different beast than OS 9. I think OS X is a better system and I pretty much took to all the interface differences, but a lot of people don't. Just be prepared to spend a little time to get used to them.
 
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[quote author=gwangung link=board=nws;num=1086799578;start=15#20 date=06/17/04 at 13:39:22] be warned that OS X is a distinctly different beast than OS 9. I think OS X is a better system . . . Just be prepared to spend a little time to get used to them.[/quote]

Mac OSX is in some ways a bit better than OS9, in many ways WAY better than OS9, and in a very few ways not as good. But there is an adjustment. I was a little disoriented at first, but overall a rewarding experience.
 
Re: New Macintosh G5s

In Japan, NEC had introduced liquid cooling system desk top PC just one year ago and there are big success over there; the future will be liquid cool sytem, same as motorcycles, automobiles and airplanes, so don't worry about new stuff! It's the best thing came out from US right now. There is no more air-cooled Porsche either.
 
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For those who wonder. I have had a G5 in operation for a year (2x2ghz) and a University I worked for many years ago has an experimental Macintosh with liquid cooling to overclock the processor.

The G5 2x2 is a winner all around. It beats our Liquid 3.5 Pentium in about anyway that it can be beaten, and it is fairly quiet until you start rendering. Even switching from a 1.4 G4 the 2.0 was a great increase in speed. If you are waiting with cold feet to get a G5, or if you are still PC editing, then I would take the plunge.
 
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There are a few airplane engine manufacturers who have tried to build a cost effective liquid cooled engine without much success, so I wouldn't use liquid cooled engines in airplanes as an example for why PC's should be liquid cooled... ::)
 
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Dudes, you can't make this comparisons just now.
Apple has released a 64-bit version of their operating system. They have quite a lot of software compiled for this 64-bit system. But, on the pc side, the only operating system to support the 64-bit Opteron is the Suse Linux. Microsoft have released a beta version of their 64-bit version of Windows XP. This processors still run older 32-bit version software.

If you really want to test the real speed of the computer, you have to provide the software for it. Software for these machines aren't yet available. There very few.

So, just wait until we have the software compiled for this beasts.

All the best

Fidel.

PS:64-bit machines process twice as much data as 32-bit processors, for those that don't know it. So, you can't just take into account the processor speed. There are loads of other factors.
 
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