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

Author: pavel

Date: 10:14:21 01/28/02

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On January 28, 2002 at 13:06:28, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On January 28, 2002 at 12:59:55, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>
>
>Fair enough (and much more polite than some).
>
>In that case, the equivalent of a dual-1.25 GHz P3 system would still be pretty
>fast, especially for Mac users who are accustomed to lower MHz's in recent
>years.  And even Hiarcs 7.0 (for which there IS a Mac version) running on that
>system would be very strong IMO.
>

I heard there is a 64 bit MAC coming out?
Any new about it?

an off-topic question.
I am assuming you are a MAC user, is it possible to install a differant system
(intel, amd) on mac computer case? It looks too cool to resist, if only the
computer was as good. :(

pavs




>
>>>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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