Is it forseable that a G5 will eventually be released in an eMac or this
wishful thinking?
The status of Apple's 'consumer' branch of machines (iMac, eMac and iBook) is in flux. Reports are going this way and that, some say that they are sticking to Motorola G4s for these machines for a while yet, at least until the G5 gets up to better speeds in the PowerMac, other more odd rumors say they are working with IBM and might license Altivec from Motorola for the G3 and go retro with high speed IBM G3s (we're talking upwards of 2GHz), which would reduce costs.
My personal opinion is that however it spins out they won't be using G5s in consumer platforms for at least 12 months.
Also does anyone know how a eMac 800 rates against an Athlon PC (benchmark Quake III and Office 200)?
Quake III and UT 1 are both playable enough , and Deus Ex is bearable on a G3/400 with a PCI Radeon so any game of that era will be real good on an eMAc. When you start getting into UT2003 and latest stuff like that u might get a bit chuggy.
I have found Office v.X painfully slow on both G3 and G4 machines. I haven't used 2001 but it's bound to be nippy on an 800Mhz G4 as it was designed for a G3. Only gripe i'd have is that it'll have to run in Classic.
I can't do a direct comparison as I don't have my iMac yet (just days away but still....). I have heard mutterings the screen isn't great on the eMac, and that though it does do 1280x960 it's at a low refresh rate, like 70Hz or something. Also they have come under some criticism for being noisy. Personally I'd think long and hard about wether you want an eMac or an iMac. The extra money is, generally, worth it.
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