[MacDV] Re: G5

[Joseph Tang]

Hey Chris,
Same as you...... i can see from my wifes beautiful blue eyes that she is
very happy with her P4-3G.....while I am crawling with my G4/800 DP
QuickSilver.....I hate this machine whenever i boot it up.....its
slooooooooow.....lol
jt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BURTON Chris" <chris.burton at swift.com>
To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: [MacDV] Re: G5


> Joseph,
>
> Unfortunately the G4 was never designed to compete with the P4. I think
when it came out it was competing with the P2. And yes, it
> was loads faster in that instance. Looking at the comparisons I've seen
for the G5 vs P4 (they also had the G4 listed ... that
> French site that I can't remember the name of right now) the P4 just
absolutely wiped the floor with the G4. No wonder the P4 feels
> faster to most people .... it is. Just a fact of life here ... Moto
dropped the ball with the PPC development. Like you though, I'll
> wait until I can test drive one at the local Apple Store that way I can
compare it to the wife's P4 2.4GHz first hand.
>
> Chris
>
> Joseph Tang wrote:
>
> > I ordered my G4/800 DP right after its debut in SFMacworld, Apple was
saying
> > how freakin fast it will be....Have used it in the past year......it
walks
> > like a turtle under 10.2 and Photoshop7 and blew off the water by my
cheap
> > P4-3G PC.
> > This round the new comer is the G5/2G DP, i'll keep my hands in my
> > pockets.....tellin myself gotta have a hands on in 1 of those apple
centers
> > before i lay out my bucks.
> > Just too many empty promises and bs from apple......
> > No flames please, just a thought.
> >
> > jt
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charles Martin" <chasm at mac.com>
> > To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:25 PM
> > Subject: [MacDV] Re: G5
> >
> > > > From: "Russ at Skyline" <russ at skylineworks.com>
> > > >
> > > > I heard that the keynote showed some demos of real world apps that
were
> > > > pretty amazing. Anyone confirm / deny?
> > >
> > > I watched the keynote on satellite.
> > >
> > > Yes, they were amazing. They demoed Photoshop, Lumination (?) (3D
> > > program), Renderman, Mathmatica and something else (can't remember).
On
> > > average, the dual 2GHz G5 was *twice* as fast as the dual 3.06GHz
Xeon.
> > >
> > > Boo-yah!
> > >
> > > _Chas_
> > >
> > > "With the introduction of the new iTunes Music Store, we've now built
> > > the  first real complete ecosystem for the digital music age. We've
got
> > > a way to buy music online legally that's fantastic -- it's better than
> > > any other way to acquire music. We've got a way manage music with the
> > > iTunes  Jukebox, which is the best in the world. And we've got a way
to
> > > listen to music on the go with the iPod, which is the most popular MP3
> > > player in the world and one of the coolest things in the world. So
> > > we've really got, from one end to another, a complete solution for
> > > digital music. We're the only people in the world to do this, so we
> > > feel great about it." -- Steve Jobs, Time Magazine, 30-April-03
> > >
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