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Oh yeah? And you know your ass really well, I...	941 Views / 44 Replies
Oh yeah? And you know your ass really well, I guess. So well, that you can't stick your head out of it long enough to realise that SGI doesn't build dual processor O2s. Is this the wealth of...
Posted by pele, on Jul 28, 2001 at 11:18 AM, in Mac Desktops

I'm sorry but I had to respond to this moron...	941 Views / 44 Replies
I'm sorry but I had to respond to this moron who's still living in 1997. Yeah, that's true, 1997 was the time when the SGI O2 boxes could still beat anything running windows. A lot has changed since...
Posted by pele, on Jul 27, 2001 at 06:40 PM, in Mac Desktops

Here you go......	894 Views / 27 Replies
Here you go... (http://www.xbitlabs.com/cpu/3dmax-platform/)
Posted by pele, on Jul 21, 2001 at 11:14 AM, in Mac Desktops

Wow! That's some selective math I'd never seen...	851 Views / 19 Replies
Wow! That's some selective math I'd never seen before. Funny thing, my 8 month old PC is running at 2x1 Ghz= 2 Ghz. In the universe that I live in there are 2x1.7 Ghz Pentium 4s and 2x1.2 Ghz...
Posted by pele, on Jul 20, 2001 at 11:21 AM, in Mac Desktops

Well, if you just look at those benchmarks, a 1.5...	894 Views / 27 Replies
Well, if you just look at those benchmarks, a 1.5 Ghz Pentium 4 is 57 % faster than the 1 Ghz Pentium III in the first and 21 % faster in the second. This means that in some cases it's even faster...
Posted by pele, on Jul 20, 2001 at 11:15 AM, in Mac Desktops

http://www.xbitlabs.com/cpu/3dmax-platform/final.g...	894 Views / 27 Replies
http://www.xbitlabs.com/cpu/3dmax-platform/final.gif This much faster. This is from a set of benchmarks from Xbitlabs.com to determine which processor is best for running 3D Studio Max. Pentium...
Posted by pele, on Jul 19, 2001 at 09:06 PM, in Mac Desktops

Steve can make his engineer puppets lecture on...	894 Views / 27 Replies
Steve can make his engineer puppets lecture on the Mhz hype all he wants, here are some cold hard facts. *Steve said in January that they'd close the Mhz gap after 18 months of "coasting along at...
Posted by pele, on Jul 19, 2001 at 01:28 PM, in Mac Desktops

Yeah, if I had to choose between those two,...	748 Views / 22 Replies
Yeah, if I had to choose between those two, there's no doubt I'd go with the dual 800. But your comparison is flawed, here's why: The dual Pentium III is an old model that both Dell and Intel...
Posted by pele, on Jul 19, 2001 at 11:16 AM, in Mac Desktops

You know what amazes me? It used to be that...	881 Views / 38 Replies
You know what amazes me? It used to be that Macs were slightly more expensive than comparably specced PCs until a couple of years ago. PCs got faster and cheaper, but Macs stayed expensive and...
Posted by pele, on Jul 18, 2001 at 02:19 AM, in Mac Desktops

Let's just hope these are the "real" specs and...	881 Views / 38 Replies
Let's just hope these are the "real" specs and not the 866 Mhz top end like in JLL's thread...
Posted by pele, on Jul 18, 2001 at 01:06 AM, in Mac Desktops

No, YOU've gotta be kidding. No,...	1,184 Views / 49 Replies
No, YOU've gotta be kidding. No, we're calling a dual 800 Mhz G4 a weak system because we're comparing it to dual 1.2 Ghz Athlons with DDR. Oh yeah? And what makes you so sure?...
Posted by pele, on Jul 17, 2001 at 07:03 PM, in Mac Desktops

If these are indeed the specs, in the real world...	1,184 Views / 49 Replies
If these are indeed the specs, in the real world one would expect Steve to face a disappointed crowd at tomorrow's keynote. I know if I were there, I wouldn't be applauding and cheering for a dual...
Posted by pele, on Jul 17, 2001 at 04:01 PM, in Mac Desktops

If this is true, I really hope Apple gets kicked...	1,184 Views / 49 Replies
If this is true, I really hope Apple gets kicked in the butt really hard by consumers these next two quarters. I'm saying "I hope" because you never know. There are some people who don't think Apple...
Posted by pele, on Jul 17, 2001 at 03:44 PM, in Mac Desktops

I must say that's one shameless way of hawking...	1,605 Views / 98 Replies
I must say that's one shameless way of hawking your new website you've been doing lately but I guess Apple Insider deserves it, for not fixing the problem. How long have they been down this last...
Posted by pele, on Jul 16, 2001 at 02:18 PM, in Mac Desktops

If I were you I wouldn't go to MWNY hoping for a...	861 Views / 29 Replies
If I were you I wouldn't go to MWNY hoping for a quad processor G4. You'll just be setting yourself up for a huge disappointment...
Posted by pele, on Jul 14, 2001 at 04:00 PM, in Mac Desktops

Agreeing that Macs are currently behind PCs in...	842 Views / 31 Replies
Agreeing that Macs are currently behind PCs in performance with very few exceptions where Altivec is really useful? Of course, nothing to argue about that. But I'd still pay a premium for a Mac...
Posted by pele, on Jul 13, 2001 at 04:26 PM, in Mac Desktops

No, he wasn't joking. It does sound like Inside...	1,605 Views / 98 Replies
No, he wasn't joking. It does sound like Inside Appler, a guy who used to make bogus insider claims at AI.
Posted by pele, on Jul 13, 2001 at 03:58 PM, in Mac Desktops

Again, clock for clock, I doubt they're any...	842 Views / 31 Replies
Again, clock for clock, I doubt they're any faster. Especially if you consider that the MPC7450 has an extra Integer unit compared to the 7400 and it still has only 7 pipeline stages. But the...
Posted by pele, on Jul 13, 2001 at 03:41 PM, in Mac Desktops

Yep, you need software written to take advantage...	514 Views / 2 Replies
Yep, you need software written to take advantage of parallel processing. For example, almost all 3D programs have rendering servers now. So you can install the server on the host machine that you're...
Posted by pele, on Jul 13, 2001 at 03:14 PM, in Mac Desktops

Well, sounds like whoever wrote that "highly...	842 Views / 31 Replies
Well, sounds like whoever wrote that "highly technical" post is not as technically knowledgeable as you think he is... Altivec can do 8 16 bit operations or 4 32 bit operations per clock...
Posted by pele, on Jul 13, 2001 at 02:47 PM, in Mac Desktops

Agreed. In fact, that's what a lot of Mac...	842 Views / 31 Replies
Agreed. In fact, that's what a lot of Mac LightWave users are doing. They love their Macs and they wanna work on them, but they don't wanna wait twice as long for scenes to render so they get...
Posted by pele, on Jul 12, 2001 at 02:45 PM, in Mac Desktops

You are beginning to sound more and more like a...	842 Views / 31 Replies
You are beginning to sound more and more like a troll yourself. Did you not see the stuff I said about multitasking, or did you choose to ignore it? I used LightWave as an example because of all...
Posted by pele, on Jul 12, 2001 at 02:15 PM, in Mac Desktops

I consider the wait for OS X still going on. To...	842 Views / 31 Replies
I consider the wait for OS X still going on. To me, it's still just a beta, like it is to a lot of people. I love what OS X promises, to be more precise. And even now, it's OPENGL implementation is...
Posted by pele, on Jul 12, 2001 at 12:57 PM, in Mac Desktops

I run LightWave on my Intellistation every day....	842 Views / 31 Replies
I run LightWave on my Intellistation every day. Is that real work by your standards? In the 8 months that I've owned this computer, I have never had an operating system crash. By that I mean that...
Posted by pele, on Jul 12, 2001 at 04:18 AM, in Mac Desktops

Ken_F2, unfortunately it is not true anymore that...	842 Views / 31 Replies
Ken_F2, unfortunately it is not true anymore that dual X86 computers are much more expensive than dual processor Macs. In fact, you can buy a dual 1.7 Ghz Xeon from Dell with the same specs as the...
Posted by pele, on Jul 12, 2001 at 03:24 AM, in Mac Desktops

First, there definitely are PC chipsets that...	1,605 Views / 98 Replies
First, there definitely are PC chipsets that support both SDR and DDR SDRAM. I think the SIS chipset for Athlon is one of those for example. Anyway, I agree with Ken_F2, RAMBUS is a despicably...
Posted by pele, on Jul 11, 2001 at 10:23 PM, in Mac Desktops

I agree. This doesn't sound like Dorsal. It's...	1,605 Views / 98 Replies
I agree. This doesn't sound like Dorsal. It's probably a fake.
Posted by pele, on Jul 11, 2001 at 01:54 PM, in Mac Desktops

Yeah, like everyone has a static IP adress. That...	1,924 Views / 129 Replies
Yeah, like everyone has a static IP adress. That wouldn't work for anyone using a modem, and that's probably the majority of people here.
Posted by pele, on Jul 8, 2001 at 05:32 PM, in Mac Desktops

Which drivers are you using, Apple's standard USB...	837 Views / 5 Replies
Which drivers are you using, Apple's standard USB mass storage drivers or La Cie's own? Normally, USB and firewire hard drives and zip drives etc. work fine with Apple's standard drivers that are...
Posted by pele, on Jul 7, 2001 at 05:35 PM, in Mac Desktops

The 7450 is not SMT capable, and there are no...	1,924 Views / 129 Replies
The 7450 is not SMT capable, and there are no processors that are currently shipping that are, as far as I know. The ones that were supposed to have SMT capability in the future were the Alpha...
Posted by pele, on Jul 6, 2001 at 11:58 PM, in Mac Desktops

Does your insider info cover the configurations...	1,924 Views / 129 Replies
Does your insider info cover the configurations of dual Macs and what they may be? Will there be a dual 933 for example. Some of the latest rumors placed the highest end at a dual 850. If so, that's...
Posted by pele, on Jul 6, 2001 at 11:59 AM, in Mac Desktops

mikerally, I think you're not getting it....	1,325 Views / 60 Replies
mikerally, I think you're not getting it. Nobody's talking about 68K emulation here. These guys are claiming they will launch a product at MWNY that will be able to run PPC software at iMac...
Posted by pele, on Jul 6, 2001 at 11:56 AM, in Mac Desktops

I don't know about the fastest Mac, but if a...	1,325 Views / 60 Replies
I don't know about the fastest Mac, but if a high-end PC can run Mac software as fast as a 500 Mhz iMac, as they claim it will, that's still a huge blow to the Mac, considering how slow Virtual PC...
Posted by pele, on Jul 6, 2001 at 10:22 AM, in Mac Desktops

Aargh! That is one UGHLY beast! Reminds...	975 Views / 20 Replies
Aargh! That is one UGHLY beast! Reminds me all the time why I'll never build my own machine. Seriously you can discuss the virtues of PCs over Macs all day if you want, but if you're gonna get...
Posted by pele, on Jul 3, 2001 at 09:15 AM, in Mac Desktops

Yeah, so they upgraded the iBook, big deal... It...	415 Views / 14 Replies
Yeah, so they upgraded the iBook, big deal... It hadn't been upgraded at MWSF anyway. What Apple needs to do is keep upgrading their desktops and notebooks regularly, as soon as faster processors or...
Posted by pele, on May 18, 2001 at 12:37 AM, in Mac Desktops

Well, there's a 533 Mhz part for the 7450 as...	653 Views / 37 Replies
Well, there's a 533 Mhz part for the 7450 as well. Just... Apple doesn't use them. But we were talking about Motorola's 7450 specs, not Apple's PowerMacs, so...
Posted by pele, on May 11, 2001 at 12:37 AM, in Mac Desktops

I don't think that means 7450 is limited to 800...	653 Views / 37 Replies
I don't think that means 7450 is limited to 800 Mhz. They're just giving a roundabout range for the frequency of current processors. They say 600-800 Mhz. Their current shipping products are 533-733...
Posted by pele, on May 10, 2001 at 10:44 AM, in Mac Desktops

I checked the Motorola site and downloaded their...	653 Views / 37 Replies
I checked the Motorola site and downloaded their latest PPC 7450 hardware specifications. There's nothing there that says it tops out at 800. I'm pretty sure you're wrong...
Posted by pele, on May 10, 2001 at 07:29 AM, in Mac Desktops

Where exactly are the Motorola documents that say...	653 Views / 37 Replies
Where exactly are the Motorola documents that say the 7450 tops out at 800??
Posted by pele, on May 10, 2001 at 07:07 AM, in Mac Desktops

I saw some pictures of the white bordered ones, I...	499 Views / 13 Replies
I saw some pictures of the white bordered ones, I agree they don't look nice. Why'd they start making them?
Posted by pele, on May 7, 2001 at 03:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Nope, unfortunately you can't just stick a PC...	571 Views / 11 Replies
Nope, unfortunately you can't just stick a PC Geforce3 into your Mac and expect it to work. There are endianness issues that prevent that. I have recently read about some people flashing the BIOS on...
Posted by pele, on May 4, 2001 at 02:52 PM, in Mac Desktops

Nope, they can't, you're right. Windows 98 and ME...	562 Views / 10 Replies
Nope, they can't, you're right. Windows 98 and ME have no MP support. Not even like Mac OS 9, where if the application is multi-threaded, it can use both processors, even if the OS itself can't. ...
Posted by pele, on May 4, 2001 at 02:39 PM, in Mac Desktops

Funny, I'm typing this on a dual 1 Ghz PIII. If...	562 Views / 10 Replies
Funny, I'm typing this on a dual 1 Ghz PIII. If you don't believe me and wanna check it out yourself at IBM's website. It's an Intellistation M-Pro Dual Pentium III 1.0 Ghz. There are also the Z-Pros...
Posted by pele, on May 4, 2001 at 01:02 PM, in Mac Desktops

Nimysis, you're totally off the mark. True,...	585 Views / 28 Replies
Nimysis, you're totally off the mark. True, IBM is trying to create a server CPU that'll kick the Alpha's ass. But it's not what you're talking about, it's called Power4. And it's almost done,...
Posted by pele, on May 3, 2001 at 11:54 PM, in Mac Desktops

I agree. I've also heard some inside info from...	585 Views / 28 Replies
I agree. I've also heard some inside info from more than one source and they all point to speeds higher than 733 Mhz and a new case design. That there may be a heat problem makes sense, especially...
Posted by pele, on May 3, 2001 at 07:47 AM, in Mac Desktops

Yeah, try calling Alias tech support with that if...	2,836 Views / 118 Replies
Yeah, try calling Alias tech support with that if something goes wrong. Why am I not surprised that an overclocker has painted their "box" in ugly colors?
Posted by pele, on May 2, 2001 at 12:31 AM, in Mac Desktops

Yeah, it should've had an IBM Power 4 processor...	1,385 Views / 85 Replies
Yeah, it should've had an IBM Power 4 processor and Wildcat 5110 graphics. It should've come with 2 GB RAM standard, upgradable to 8 GB. It should've had a 76 GB ultra 160 SCSI hard drive. Get...
Posted by pele, on May 1, 2001 at 05:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks

DIY PC with Priceline components : $1500 IBM...	2,836 Views / 118 Replies
DIY PC with Priceline components : $1500 IBM Intellistation : $3500 Apple PowerMac G4 : $3500 Knowing Maya and Softimage are supported on my computer: PRICELESS
Posted by pele, on May 1, 2001 at 12:39 PM, in Mac Desktops

That was a baseless claim that was proven wrong....	568 Views / 24 Replies
That was a baseless claim that was proven wrong. The Pentium 4 does have built-in thermal management, however it works to cut down the speed of the chip ONLY if there's a problem, such as a...
Posted by pele, on Apr 30, 2001 at 12:42 AM, in Mac Desktops

I think the Cube is a great computer. The fan...	569 Views / 13 Replies
I think the Cube is a great computer. The fan noise of a computer becomes too annoying sometimes, especially if you're up late at night. I'm actually thinking of buying one to use for when I don't...
Posted by pele, on Apr 29, 2001 at 06:17 PM, in Mac Desktops

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