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Intel iMac vs. G5 iMac Boot Times
You Tube has a short video showing an Intel iMac and a G5 iMac booting while they sit right next to each other. The Intel G5 boots almost twice as fast. I’m anxious to get my hands on a MacBook.
Posted by windley on January 17, 2006 9:47 AM
Comment from Ash at January 17, 2006 4:59 PM
There is a pretty interesting thread following the video. Alot of folks are challenging the veracity of the test. Take a look when you get the chance.
Comment from Phil Windley at January 17, 2006 5:05 PM
Well, they say it's a clean Intel machine, but a used G5 machine. Clearly, the OS could be doing something else (like checking file system integrity) on the G5. The only real way to do this would be to completely reload the OS on the G5.
Comment from Sabi at January 31, 2006 8:51 PM
Sigh - here we go again - for years mac users have been fudging speed claims on processors that werent under load during the testing and toted as being 'mini supercomputers' and now that it may or may not have happened in reverse its suddenly of interest that results be verified. Stop the pissing contest and join the rest of the world and just USE whatever you can afford