[MacDV] Re: G5

[Kunga]

Excellent point. I can't wait for some comparisons between the last 6 
G4 systems and these first 3 G5 systems over a variety of applications 
that are left alone or recompiled for the G5. This is the real bake off 
I most look forward to that wasn't covered in the keynote except in the 
most vague and cursory manner. For example Photoshop runs twice as fast 
on the G5 as it does on fastest previous G4s.

k

On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 06:26  AM, Michael Winter wrote:

> IMO there's no reason to recompile an app that has no need to be 64 
> bit, just for the sake of making it 64 bit. You gain nothing by doing 
> so (other than a marketing bullet) and it could potentially make your 
> app bigger and slower.
>
> Bigger because you're now making some things that only took 32 bits 
> take twice as much space. That not only means more HD space but it 
> also means less info can be held in the processor caches (essentially 
> reducing their effective size) resulting in more bits needing to be 
> moved around more often. That means slower.
>
> How much of a detriment (if any) this would be is really hard to say. 
> It could be trivial or significant depending on the app in question.
>
> -Mike