On 2011/03/21 14:02, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
I have the latest and greatest ever PPC laptop, an AlBook 1.67 ghz system. compared to even the worst performing Macbook, it suuuuuuuucks. It's perfectly usable (it's in daily use) but I don't make any pretense about it being a modern, 'capable of anything' laptop.
And if you don't believe this, try running Handbrake on a VIDEO_TS folder. It should be done in a day or three, whereas a Macbook Pro will probably finish in about half the time, maybe less.
Anyone still clinging to the concept that the PPC is somehow better than the Intel chips for general purpose computing are delusional regardless of what IBM has brought out for game consoles and servers.
I have a sentimental attachment to my PPC Macs, and was sorry to see Apple switch to Intel (AMD anyone?), but there's no denying that we have seen performance and efficiency gains that we were never going to see with PPC. The G5 was speed limited due to power consumption (heat output), and the i/Powerbooks were stuck with the G4 for the same reason.
Sticking with PPC would also have continued to limit Apple's market share, and whether you realize it or not that has a negative effect for OS X users. With a larger market share Apple has been able to R & D things now that they could not have afforded to do in the PPC days, which enables us to do more with our Macs.
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