[X4U] which G5 iMac model is best?

zapcat zapcat at speakeasy.net
Wed Jun 18 21:55:10 PDT 2008


You spoze this is true even with respect to apps which I have not 
upgraded to the Intel versions?

Those will require what? Rosetta to run?  Will that huge performance 
boost in the C2D Mini evaporate then?

zc


On Jun 18, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote:

> As a quick summary: If you already own a decent monitor, buy a Mini. 
> For the
> same purchase price as a used iMac, it is more than twice as powerful 
> as any
> G5 iMac.  In fact, the C2D Mini is faster than any Mac G5 Tower(!) 
> except
> the 4-core model!
>
> On a price/performance basis, for what you get compared to new, G5 
> Macs are
> way overpriced.



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