Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 22:06:35 07/08/03
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On July 08, 2003 at 23:58:58, Michael Neish wrote: > >Hello, > >With the release of Apple's G5 series last week, I came here -- after some time >-- hoping to read people's comments and opinions about it. To my surprise, the >topic doesn't seem to have been discussed. I thought that Apple's claims to >have released the first 64-bit personal computer would have at least caused some >minor ripples. > >I'm not at all knowledgeable on computer hardware and architecture. I would >have thought that the G5 would be a very good processor for bitboard-based >programs. Is this really so, or is it -- like Apple's speed benchmark results >posted on their Web site -- illusory? Also, regarding Chess programming, does >the G5 have any advantages over the G4, apart from raw speed? > >Thanks to anyone who answers. Their announcement was broadly panned when it came out. The computer is a good computer and the chip is a good chip. But their claims were so wildly overinflated that it got zero praise and plenty O' blasting from this forum. If they had a milligram of modesty in their annoucements, it would have gone over a lot better, I think. At any rate, Apple computers are what they have always been: 1. Excellent for niche applications like video 2. Horribly overpriced for both hardware and software (second only to Sun) 3. Cute to look at.
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