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Power Mac G5 puts Apple in the big leagues - Switching on the Power Mac, I expected it to make a terrible racket despite Apple's assurances to the contrary. But, sure enough, the machine proved amazingly quiet for "the world's fastest, most powerful personal computer."
France 2 is adopting PM G5 - A brand new success for Apple: France2 just acquired 10 video editing stations based on Apple FinalCut Pro running on PMG5 2GHz Dual coupled to Xserve RAID storage capacity.
Power Mac in the middle: A look at the dual 1.8-GHz G5 - Although many Macintosh fans had expected new Power Macs at the January Macworld show, none was announced. And while Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said the company expects to have 3-GHz G5 chips in its desktops later this year, nothing has been announced -- though there is speculation that Apple will release updated models soon
ComparisonZone: Dual G4/1.42 GHz vs Single G5/1.8 GHz... Is The G4 Faster - This Buyer's Guide compares the Dual G4/1.42 GHz Power Mac which has the SuperDrive, to the Single G5/1.8 GHz .
Power Macintosh G5 noise problem continues - The most serious is that noise sometimes leaks into the analog audio outputs. This may be partially caused by other faulty electrical connections and components, but the power supply has been the prime suspect for reasons that will become apparent in a moment
Apple issues advice on G5 noise - According to the memo, noise is associated with external professional audio-equipment experienced in the form of "beeps and hisses". Apple is "willing to replace the power supply" for those experiencing such problems.
Final Cut Pro 4: G5 versus G4 and Single CPU versus Dual CPU - One of the Bare Feats "remote mad scientists" is a Final Cut Pro "jockey." He was trying to choose between a bargain G4/1.25GHz MP Power Mac and a more expensive G5/1.8GHz MP. I didn't have a Dual 1.8 handy but I did have a Dual 2.0. I also had a G4/1.42 MP in the lab, along with the CHUD tools which allow me to disable the second CPU on the G5 and G4. (Heh, heh, heh.)
More memory for less - Between February 25, 2004 through March 27,2004, buy any iMac, Power Mac or Xserve G5 and save up to $700 instantly when you upgrade select memory options
Power Mac G5 is Apple’s best work yet - Enter Apple, which got the bright idea of taking a pair of 64-bit IBM PowerPC CPUs, jacking them into server-class internal buses, and squeezing the whole thing into a desk-side tower chassis. The result, the Power Mac G5, delivers on the present need for rapid computing, deep multitasking, and responsive user interfaces — as well as the future need (current for some, including myself) for mainstream computers that rapidly process and analyse massive data sets
Apple officially responds to Power Mac G5 noise problem - While customers grouse about their Power Mac G5's buzzing and beeping noises, an internal Apple service note acknowledges the problem and states that Apple will replace the power supplies of affected machines
My G5 Is No Different Than My G3 - I had exactly the same feeling a couple of weeks ago when I finally spent a day with my new G5. OS X suddenly made sense! Photoshop opened up absurdly quickly. More importantly the whole OS felt smooth and responsive. Apple has done it again!
Apple's PowerMac G5 reaction page - Don't know if it's new or just new to me, but Apple has posted a webpage that lists media feedback on its industry-leading pro desktop product line. The PowerMac G5 Reaction page is the place to find jewels culled from the most recent reviews of the mothership's brushed aluminum masterpiece
Instant Nostalgia Available at Supercomputer Speeds - You can purchase a refurbished piece of Macintosh history; MacMall is selling some quantity of the Power Mac G5 computers that comprised Virginia Tech's top-ranked supercomputer
1GHz PowerMac VS Dual G4 - Which One Is Faster And Has Better Features? - This Buyer's Guide compares the Single Processor PowerMac G4/1GHz which has the Combo optical drive, to the current PowerMac with dual G4/1.25GHz processors .
As fate would have it - Day 1 with the G5 - So far my experiences have been positive; I've been able to get up and running with very little effort. Being a DOS/Windows user all my life, getting accustomed to using a Mac hasn't been a difficult task at all. There are a few tweaks that you'll have to make to be happy with the setup (mainly mouse speed and dock icon size in my situation) but it's quite easy to switch. My laptop is still a Windows XP machine so going between the two OSes hasn't been an issue either
Daily Dose of Mac Advocacy: The G5 Is Freakin Fast. - Well now it's a different story, gentle readers, and we have proof that the G5 is all that and a bag of fishsticks! Proof from three very different walks of life (or walks of the Web ... not sure how that works) that the PowerMac G5 not only holds its own, but also beats a comparable Intel or AMD processor at many different tasks
Transforming a Macintosh G5 to a PC - Those crazy guys over at OverClockers.com decided recently that it would be a smart idea to gut a brand-new PowerMac G5 and replace the innards with a standard run-of-the mill PC with one exception. The whole thing was very apparently a hoax. Unfortunately, someone forgot to let the Mac crowd in on the joke
Create a Hoax, Earn Damnation - The hoaxer, identified only as "Andy," claimed he received a dual-processor G5 for Christmas. But preferring a Windows PC, he swapped out the insides of the $3,000 machine for the guts of a cheapo PC. The post included several digital photographs to prove the outrageous claim
Apple Power Mac G5 1.6GHz - The only minor criticism is that the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics card isn't a top-notch performer but the power of the G5 processor makes up for that. The only other warning note is that the package doesn't include a monitor. Most Power Mac customers tend to be professional users who already have a good monitor, so they don't need to buy a new one
IBM PowerPC G5: Another World - We decided to discuss a slightly unusual but very interesting topic: Mac computers. Today we would like to offer you a detailed analysis of the processor architecture for the newest Mac systems – IBM PowerPC G5. It is not just the first desktop processor with 64bit architecture, but a really interesting solution with a lot of unique technologies and features from IBM
Apple G5: Smokes Intel Competition - Back in the fall of last year Architosh began talking to numerous developers -- who have been in the Macintosh market for years -- about what they thought of Apple's new Power Mac G5 with its new 64-bit IBM chip . We were interested to know just how they felt about these new machines and what kind of performance advantage they really gave Apple, if any at all. We even began talking about a new Architosh Benchmark Suite for Architecture -- co-developed with a set of developers who support that market space. To our surprise everyone we talked to said to "count them in" on the benchmark suite because they were 100 percent behind the Mac and 100 percent excited about the new G5 processor inside the new Power Mac
Tatra Mac G4 - fastest Mac on the four wheels? - The first idea was to use an LCD iMac, and built it into the original dashboard. The base unit was supposed to be placed within the dashboard and the display with its holder outside. This idea had two basic flaws: iMac's 15" screen is really a bit too big for dashboard and its parameters are not good enough for use in full daylight (not to mention direct sunlight)
The SpeedZone: Fourteen Performance Tests On Most Currently Shipping Macs ... A Performance Report - Below you will find performance results for most of the currently shipping machines
Breathing New Life Into An Old G4 - borkman138 writes "I have a first generation G4 computer - it's a dual 450mhz graphite model - and I've noticed that many of my computer's operations are slowing down. The computer pauses when it switches between programs and freezes for a split second when I do anything complicated involving minimizing windows or opening them, etc. I've been considering buying a new G5, but when I go to the apple store, all they talk about is how a G5 will be a great for video compression and processor intensive data compiling
Noisy G5 - I have owned a dual 2.0GHz G5 since September. I have noticed there are several annoying noises that come from my case
Why the G5 "Brings Apple Back into the Race" - A positive story in Malaysia's Star provides an accurate potted history of the G4 and G5 processors - and why the 'MHz myth' matters
Dagwood Shilled By Pesky G5 - In the "Blondie" comic strip this morning one of Dagwood's co-workers is sitting at his desk in front of what is obviously a G5 with an apple studio display. Looks like he is running Jaguar, however. You can see the dock clearly. When Dagwood sits down to the computer to try it out it show, in big letters "Not You!"
Power Mac G5 is Apple’s best work yet - In a dual-processor Power Mac G5, the cost of talking to peripherals is also reduced substantially by the machine’s efficient and highly integrated system chip set. With the Power Mac G5, the penalty for accessing data that’s not in the CPU cache is reduced to a degree not possible with Xeon
Will 3 GHz Macs Really Be Sold in 2004? - As noted yesterday by Slashdot, IBM plans to release the 90 nm PPC 970FX by the year's end, "in time," Forbes.com says, "for a revision to the flagship PowerMac [sic] G5 line." Forbes speculates that by 2007 the line will have shrunk to 45 nm. The good thing about all of this is that it seems that Apple will be able to keep its promise of selling 3 GHz G5s by the summer of 2004. But the end of 2003 is mere days away, and Apple's line currently tops out at 2 GHz
Apple Power Mac G5 - Think Macs are slow? The Apple Power Mac G5 has the horsepower to hang with any of the leading Windows PCs. During testing at PC Magazine Labs this fall, it even outperformed the competition in many cases
The Powermac G5 - After whetting your appetite for G5 gaming action with our PowerMac G5: First Glance it is now time to give this machine a thorough examination to see how this baby performs for the hard-core Mac gamer. For too long, Mac gamers have had to deal with not only a smaller selection of gaming titles, but often sub-standard performance when compared to their PC brethren. With the introduction with the spiffy new G5 processor from our friends at IBM, and benchmarks showing that the G5 is at least as capable in applications other than PhotoShop, Mac gamers may have something to get excited about. This in-depth report will help you decide if a G5 2 x 2 GHz is worth looking at. All references to the G5 in this review, unless otherwise noted, are for the dual processor 2 GHz G5 system
Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan knew that he wanted to build a world-class supercomputer. Also, he wanted to solidify the position of Virginia Tech’s world-class computer science program. But with only a fraction of most supercomputing budgets to spend, it seemed like a hopeless dream. He crunched numbers, solicited every likely vendor, examined and ultimately discarded all possible options using other platforms and chips. Then in June of 2003, news of Apple’s Power Mac G5 hit the airwaves. At last, Varadarajan realized, he’d have as much 64-bit processing as he needed to power his dream, without overtaxing his budget.
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