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Originally posted by cyrus104:
I do not know if you knew this but the Apple PowerPc processor has been 64-bit since is was created by AIM.
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Apparently, you didn't know this either, because it isn't true. I disreguarded the rest of your post, because if you can so boldly make a statement that is completely false, steming from ignorance and idiocy, there can't possibly be any value in the rest of your babble.
This is the first 64-bit processor on the desktop market, previous PowerPC processors were 32-bit just like their Intel and AMD counterparts. I don't know exactly what you mean by AIM, but I assume that you are referring to the joint venture between Apple, IBM, and Motorola that created the line of processors that have been fueling Macintoshes for years. This new processor, also known as the 970 was developed by IBM for Apple. Motorola has been dragging their feet for years on creating a speedy, competetive processor, leaving Apple in a precarious position, which is why there has been a performace gap in the past year or so (Yes, even though the G4s run faster with lower clock speeds than Intel and AMD chips, they were still being outperformed recently, even in some of the dual processor configurations). The G5 (970) chip was based off the POWER4 64-bit chip that IBM developed for high-end servers. The new 970 chip is incredibly advanced, and is indeed the most powerful, fastest chip available to consumers. It also appears to be slightly less expensive to produce them than the G4 PowerMacs. Apple's top of the line machine is now less than 3000 dollars for the first time in a LONG time, and the whole line is now much more competitive.
I'm saving up to buy a PowerBook late next summer before college, and knowing what drool factor the current line has, I can't wait til that G5 works it's way into the PowerBook line and into my hands...
[ June 23, 2003, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: victim ]