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>not POWER performance (which generally always beat x86 at the same point). Do you have a source for this? First time I've seen anyone claim that the G5 was co
by foldr 7y ago
>not POWER performance (which generally always beat x86 at the same point).
Do you have a source for this? First time I've seen anyone claim that the G5 was competitive with contemporary Intel CPUs.
- usrusr 7y agoContemporary Apple marketing that was extremely proficient at putting Power in a favorable light (just sneak enough Altivec into every comparison to make up for the rest) + every single (of the then few) Mac users who parotted it religiously? Those were different times for Apple. The ship was noticeably turned, but the storm not over yet.
- geerlingguy 7y agoBy the time the G5 required massive liquid cooling rigs and was nowhere near ready for laptop use... even die-hard Mac users were not parroting the party line any more. For most, the Intel move was a welcome one, as that was also during the height of the move from desktop to laptop. There was almost no chance for a decent G5-based laptop, at least not one as nice and sleek as the G4s that were already in existence.