[G4] Intel vs PPC

[Robert H. Baucom]

Browsing the forums, I see so many folks with iMac problems it  
reminds me of the old Performas.
Those  pieces of junk that converted a lot of folk to PeeSees and  
closed their minds to Macs FOREVER. My youngest son is one of them.
When first saw the "Computers on a knob", i.e.,  iMacs WITH NO FAN,  
it was "No way Jose" for this ole curmudgeon.
RHB

On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Eric Smith wrote:

> Agreed, at the top of the line there's no comparison.
> But at the middle of the line it's a different story.
> For a headless Mac there's nothing between the Mac Pro
> and the mini, nothing at all that compares to the
> affordability and expandability that the G4s used to
> provide. I wouldn't go to an iMac because of the
> integrated display and inability to make upgrades,
> and as I said it's mostly laptop parts anyway.
> Apple could make a decent midrange system but they
> choose not to.
>
> Eric
>
> Frank Sudore wrote:
>> There is no comparison between the intel & PPC. I have a Macpro  
>> Tower and it blows a Quadcore G5 i sold away. Especially with  
>> Photoshop & Cinema 4d.
>> Mac made the right move to go to intel although I would of like to  
>> have seen what AMD would of done for them.
>> On Feb 19, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
>>> Aaron wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aside from having built-in SATA and USB 2.0, are there any  
>>>> advantages to G5's over G4's, other than that they were made in  
>>>> (at least nominally) much faster versions?
>>>
>>> Several things made them faster, of course. Higher CPU clock speeds,
>>> faster memory, processors designed for SMP from the ground up,
>>> Hypertransport on the motherboard. In the later versions you can
>>> get dual-core CPUs, meaning you can have 4 cores in the system.
>>> PCI-X slots instead of PCI in the early models, while the later
>>> models go all the way to PCI-Express.
>>>
>>>> Also, aside from running Windoze natively, is there any  
>>>> advantage to an Intel Mac over a PowerPC Mac?
>>>
>>> Faster, of course; generally much faster. Intel CPUs do better
>>> with heat than PPCs, meaning laptops run cooler (the inability
>>> to produce a Powerbook G5 is rumored to be a main reason for the
>>> switch - although I think there were other more important reasons).
>>> Dual-core CPUs are now standard for Intel Macs.
>>> Leopard is the last OS version that will run on PPC systems.
>>>
>>> On the other hand I think the Intel Macs are not as well built as
>>> the PPC systems were, and they are nowhere near as upgradable.
>>> iMacs in particular - the current ones contain almost all laptop  
>>> parts.
>>> And you lose Classic mode, unless you want to try a hack like
>>> Sheepshaver.
>>>
>>> Eric
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