RE: Virginia Tech Supercomputer - 1,100 Apple G5 systems

2003-09-04 Thread Katinka Mills
> -Original Message- > From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shay > Telfer > Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2003 3:41 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: Virginia Tech Supercomputer - 1,100 Apple G5 systems > > > > > > >

Re: Virginia Tech Supercomputer - 1,100 Apple G5 systems

2003-09-04 Thread Martin Hill
True Katinka - the hard to read graph in the article did pit a single P4 against a dual G5. It's interesting that the graph was sourced from the "International Supercomputer Conference" if you look at the credit - so someone thou

Re: Virginia Tech Supercomputer - 1,100 Apple G5 systems

2003-09-04 Thread Shay Telfer
We are shooting ourselves in the foot with these press releases. You can not compare a 32 bit processor with a 64 bit processor, also the G5 is specified as DUAL processor not UNI processor. Most PC users are pointing this out and complaining that we are comparing apples with oranges. Yes, the

RE: Virginia Tech Supercomputer - 1,100 Apple G5 systems

2003-09-04 Thread Katinka Mills
> -Original Message- > From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin > Hill > Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2003 11:48 AM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Virginia Tech Supercomputer - 1,100 Apple G5 systems > > > Interesting to note that some of the reasons Virgini