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Member Since: Jun 25, 2004
Location: Luxemburg, Europe
Posts: 1,779
Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz (June 2004), 2.5GB, Airport, black 5G iPod 30GB, white MacBook 2.0 2GB
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09-09-2004, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by flyingpostman
What I want to know is do the dual G5's work during everyday use (i.e web browsing, compiling, games, etc) or do programs have to be specifically programmed to use 2 processors. Does the OS itself use two processors for just running tasks? I have G5 on order, but I didn't get it because I do video/graphic editing, I got it for just being a high end PC that isn't Wintel that will last me 5+ years and won't bog down when simply running everyday tasks.
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Apple builds Dual CPU computer since quite a while, and they work pretty find for everything. The OS makes use of both CPUs, and programs don't have to be specifically written for duals. But if they are, the speed bump between single and dual is quite a lot. But for everyday use, the difference between a single and dual CPU is not noticeable, as MAC OS X even with a single CPU handles ressources way better than Windows.
But for gaming, well, don't expect a Mac come anyway near a good gaming PC...
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