Apple - iMac G5
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Check out the new Apple - iMac G5. It is brillantly simple. I want one, and here are my reasons why:
1. file storage (something Ashley and I have been looking for)
2. inexpensive
3. small size with flat screen monitor
4. ability to make creative DVDs/CDs (someday we will have a
camcorder and want this)
5. unix administration (something like career development)
6. easy to move from room to room (if I have a 5:00 am maintenance, I can use it in the living room)
7. bluetooth enabled (so no wires on keyboard/mouse)
8. compatible with windows or unix
9. runs Microsoft programs
10. comes with Quicken installed (for better financial management)
11. runs 64-bit applications (this reason only applies to geeks)
12. great looks!
posted by dnorton at 8/31/2004 11:19:00 AM
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From: Aryugaetu
Sep 06, 04 | 11:35 am
First, everyone needs to be aware (definitely Apple's marketing department's fault!) that the G5 in the lowly home computer called iMac is a full 64-bit processor, as is the rest of the G5 chipset design.
I really tried. I did. But the closest I could get to buying a 64-bit (Xenon) Dell system similar to the 17", 1.8 Ghz, iMac Specs was a Dell Precision Workstation 470 with a 17" LCD monitor for $2,083. A similar iMac would be $1,574. I had to add extra memory to the iMac to make them equal.
Not only is the iMac $500 less, but it is also 23.5 lbs less (18.5 lbs vs 42 lbs, not including Dell 17" monitor).
Initially, the Dell seems to be faster at 3.0 Ghz Xenon vs iMac 1.8 Ghz G5, but if you surf around the web, you'll find out hat the benchmarks are very close to each other regardless of clock speeds. This is due in part to the G5 being capable of performing more instructions per cycle.
In short, Apple fails to inform the general population that the iMac is powered by a CPU that the PC world thinks of as a Server or Workstation class processor. Imagine completely tossing out all of the Pentium 4 based computers and using just the Xenon Workstations as home computers. Now, reduce their weight by half and place them in a thin case attached to the back of a high quality LCD monitor. THIS is what Apple had done... and no one noticed this huge leap in home desktop power, design and price.
The new iMac ain't nothin' like the other computers at Best buy. Go shopping for Xenon-based computers, "Workstations", and then you'll be in the G5 iMac league.
2:27 PM
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