Author: Harald Faber
Date: 06:49:53 06/24/03
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On June 24, 2003 at 09:33:02, Lieven Clarisse wrote: >Apple and IBM team up to produce the world's most advanced processor. > >http://www.apple.com/g5/ > > >Forged from a long-standing partnership between two companies committed to >innovation, the G5 drives the largest performance gain in the history of the >PowerPC. What a surprise, has 1GHz been the maximum speed so far used in the Apples. >The 64-bit G5 speeds up to 2GHz and can address 8GB main memory. >See the benchmarks on the above link. Take 5 different benchmarks and get 5 different results/rankings... "Get a G5 for chess", well if you now start collecting your money you will be able to pay for this G5 when it might come out end next year. ;-) Don't forget that Apple claims exclusivity, especially concerning the prizes... One gets the impression that Apple does not want to sell many computers - they would lose their reputation for being exclusive, something special...
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