--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:43 PM, new.morning wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <no_reply@> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dual > >>> core gateway is killing the quad core apple running in native apple > >>> os, and costing twice as much. Seems just like it has been for 20 > > years. > >>> > >>> Am I missing somethhng? > >>> > >> > >> Those aren't native apps. They're running on a PowerPC emulator > > called Rossetta. > > > > OK which is a better test of what I am interested in anyway. Running > > Win Aps on a Mac Pro 2x2 to see if there is performance hit for > > switching to mac pro when running needed win apps > > > > The dual core gateway killed the quad core Mac. And you site > > cost/drive issues, another article slammed apple for its cheap video > > card in MAC pro -- and the huge apple mark-up for a "real" card. > > > > Hmm, any more benefits? > > > > http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/features/macproprice/index.php >
OK, thanks. The mac pro is less expensive than a similar Dell. Surprising, I want to study it more. But still, in the benchmarks, other aticle, a two core gateway killed the four core Mac running windows apps. Still not a contest yet. But this is not the end of the story, since XP is not 64 bit and is not fully tweaked for dual processors. I assume a 64-bit Vista, better optimized for dual core, and dual socket CPUS, running 64 bit software and software optimized for multiple cores, and on a PC with an upcoming Intel or AMD quad core (1x4), will kill even more drastically a similarly confgure Mac running Win Aps. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
