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Subject: Re: New G4's: Dual 1 GHz should be fast!

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 09:59:55 01/28/02

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Hi

On January 28, 2002 at 11:55:01, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On January 28, 2002 at 11:44:00, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>The new Mac G4's came out today, 933mhz and 1ghz versions. ...
>
>
>There's a dual 1 GHz version too.  Given that the G4 often tests out as twice as
>fast per MHz than Intel/AMD chips, it should be FAST!

In case of certain Photoshop filters, yes. But not in general. In general I'd
say  a G3 roughly equals a P3 with +150Mhz, in case of a G4 maybe a P3 with
+250Mhz.


>If Hiarcs 8 comes out for Mac OS (and/or Mac OS X), might it be the strongest
>for any home computer?

Since this is more than unlikely (IMO, YMMV), I won't speculate about that. :)

Sargon



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