Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 by the numbers

Murlyn · Murlyn #1 (**permalink**)

10-06-2003, 02:55 PM

Source: MacMinute.com

Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 by the numbers
October 6, 2003 - 11:08 EDT ComputerWorld has posted several real world tests and numbers for the dual 2GHz Power Mac G5, including startup and reboot times, launch times for several applications and the times needed to process a variety of tasks. "It's clear from two weeks of testing that Apple's new Power Mac G5 dual 2-GHz machine is the fastest thing the company has ever produced. And while you can debate benchmarks until eternity, it certainly appears poised to meet or beat anything now out on the Windows side."

My Comments: Oh yeah baby! I should get one of these, but I swore I would never get another desktop! I guess ill have to wait!

Graphite · Graphite #2 (**permalink**)

10-06-2003, 04:31 PM

heh, swear again

I plan on keeping a stock of Desktops and laptops up-to-date when I finally can get the money

Im waiting for the upgrade of the G5

MacAddikt · MacAddikt #3 (**permalink**)

10-06-2003, 04:50 PM

i did my own benchmark test in the apple store on the G5 .... i opened Application folder, selected everything in it (Command+a), then opened everything (command+ o ). it lagged for only a second, but thats prolly cause IE came up with a gazillion messages on how to get started on browsing the internet. my iMac definitely cant do that without the beachball going off

ApplejustWorks · ApplejustWorks #4 (**permalink**)

03-21-2004, 03:33 PM

only two days till the update!!!!! Dual 1.8 for me

WilliS · WilliS #5 (**permalink**)

03-21-2004, 06:08 PM

it really is a dream machine.... last night i was converting a dvd (secondhand lions) in dvd2onex, burning a dvd (lord of the rings), importing a 8 gig file (o brother, where art thou?) from another hard drive over firewire, and watching a video (phone booth) stored on my hard drive... everything finished on time, no lag.. its so purdy... with moves like this, i cant wait until apple owns 50% of the market and bill gates is sitting there, scratching his head

*edit* and i only have 512mb of ram :-\ lol i wish it was more

witeshark · witeshark #6 (**permalink**)

03-22-2004, 12:37 AM

YUP gotta love the rare beachball :p and in the mag test here Apple proves best in test Again! :p But hey, who didn't know it -Cause it's true!

rman · rman #7 (**permalink**)

03-22-2004, 10:36 AM

I hope you guys are right about the date or there maybe a lot of disappointment.

Murlyn #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	10-06-2003, 02:55 PM Source: MacMinute.com Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 by the numbers October 6, 2003 - 11:08 EDT ComputerWorld has posted several real world tests and numbers for the dual 2GHz Power Mac G5, including startup and reboot times, launch times for several applications and the times needed to process a variety of tasks. "It's clear from two weeks of testing that Apple's new Power Mac G5 dual 2-GHz machine is the fastest thing the company has ever produced. And while you can debate benchmarks until eternity, it certainly appears poised to meet or beat anything now out on the Windows side." My Comments: Oh yeah baby! I should get one of these, but I swore I would never get another desktop! I guess ill have to wait! ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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ApplejustWorks #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 28, 2003 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 911 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro & 23" ACD	03-21-2004, 03:33 PM only two days till the update!!!!! Dual 1.8 for me extendmac
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Graphite #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 25, 2003 Location: Tropical Island, Jealous? Posts: 5,279 Mac Specs: MacPro 3.0Ghz 16GB RAM, 4x256 Vid, 30''cinema display	10-06-2003, 04:31 PM heh, swear again I plan on keeping a stock of Desktops and laptops up-to-date when I finally can get the money Im waiting for the upgrade of the G5
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WilliS #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	03-21-2004, 06:08 PM it really is a dream machine.... last night i was converting a dvd (secondhand lions) in dvd2onex, burning a dvd (lord of the rings), importing a 8 gig file (o brother, where art thou?) from another hard drive over firewire, and watching a video (phone booth) stored on my hard drive... everything finished on time, no lag.. its so purdy... with moves like this, i cant wait until apple owns 50% of the market and bill gates is sitting there, scratching his head edit and i only have 512mb of ram :-\ lol i wish it was more
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witeshark #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	03-22-2004, 12:37 AM YUP gotta love the rare beachball :p and in the mag test here Apple proves best in test Again! :p But hey, who didn't know it -Cause it's true!
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rman #7 (permalink)
Inactive Staff Member Since: Dec 24, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 12,591 Mac Specs: 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-Core, 6GB OS X 10.6.8 \| 15in MacBook Pro 2.2GHz OS X 10.6.8 \| 64GB iPad 2 WiFi	03-22-2004, 10:36 AM I hope you guys are right about the date or there maybe a lot of disappointment.
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