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iMac G5 & Intel Question
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 316454" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>In general, there is a 1:1 correspondence between a G5's GHz rating and an Intel C2D's GHz rating. This is not perfect, but reasonably close, and held up by most performance tests I have read. Hence, the G5 iMac will run most things about the same speed as the Intel iMac. The Intel iMac *is* dual core, but most programs are not set up to take advantage of this, so I doubt you would see that much difference.</p><p></p><p>ALSO, the G5 will likely outperform the Intel on things such as Photoshop and Microsoft Office, which are not yet available in Intel compatible binaries.</p><p></p><p>My conclusion: go for the G5. I suspect it will be quite a bit less expensive, and will perform at a very similar level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 316454, member: 17052"] In general, there is a 1:1 correspondence between a G5's GHz rating and an Intel C2D's GHz rating. This is not perfect, but reasonably close, and held up by most performance tests I have read. Hence, the G5 iMac will run most things about the same speed as the Intel iMac. The Intel iMac *is* dual core, but most programs are not set up to take advantage of this, so I doubt you would see that much difference. ALSO, the G5 will likely outperform the Intel on things such as Photoshop and Microsoft Office, which are not yet available in Intel compatible binaries. My conclusion: go for the G5. I suspect it will be quite a bit less expensive, and will perform at a very similar level. [/QUOTE]
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