G5 ~vs~ DELL precision 650 workstations
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- SaintWalker0
"PC are always faster don't forget that"
WHAT are you basing this on? That's like saying ALL users who use PCs are ridiculous dorks...which they are not.
Have you guys failed to notice that we're talking about TWO 64 bit processors each running at 2GhZ with a 1GB bus each!? There is NO PC that would come close to this as far as compression and such, trust me. Yes you can get hardware specifically for that stuff, you can on the mac platform as well though. It is true that the PC side offers more software choices and that will likely be the way for a long time yet, but if you have 10 pieces of software and two are good then who cares at all about the other 8...they're not really choices are they?
PCs are faster when comparing things like the Flash player or video games which are specifically developed for PCs...actually not even the video games any more. That's all based on software...but if you have a Mac with software like Photoshop or FinalCut or whatever that's optimized for it....it will kill a PC that is "faster" than that mac. I HAVE tested this myself. My dual 500 G4 destroyed my friends AMD 1.3 GhZ doing extensive photoshop tasks...we're talking by minutes.
Anyway, so that's my take on things...hope it'll help you make a decision.