[G4] Intel vs PPC

[Frank Sudore]

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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