So I got an Intel Mac

[AppleDave Veteran]

it wont be much different, the benchmarks done with xbench are all showing around the same score, but if you do realy life benchmarks then the intel is faster

:huh: my iMac G5 scored a 77 the Intel scored a 56....

[saxondale.]

Mine scored 79 and i have less ram then you Dave :s

[kiall]

this cant be gd buying a lesser spec machine

[Rudy]

:huh: my iMac G5 scored a 77 the Intel scored a 56....

no what i meant is the intel benchmarks are all around the same, even if he closes all the programs it wont change much. they appear much lower than they should

[saxondale.]

But then again, me and dave are running a 64bit cpu on a 64bit OS.....

[AppleDave Veteran]

But then again, me and dave are running a 64bit cpu on a 64bit OS.....

indeed, we also just noticed that the bus speed isnt 667 Mhz like Apple says it is.....its actually at 634 Mhz :angry:

EDIT: on a PowerPC not an Intel

[Detroit]

Yo guys, calm down, xbench has not yet been fully optimized to take advantage of the the dual cores yet... Wait till the next build

[saxondale.]

indeed, we also just noticed that the bus speed isnt 667 Mhz like Apple says it is.....its actually at 634 Mhz :angry:

EDIT: on a PowerPC not an Intel

Actually.....i dont think they said that :blush: in my system profiler, it says 633mhz...

[AquaFX]

geeezz what is it with ppl and trying to install windows xp on a mac...os x is so much better.

Looks really clean and nice btw =)

[gigapixels Veteran]

geeezz what is it with ppl and trying to install windows xp on a mac...os x is so much better.

How many times does this question need to be answered? It is simply so one can run Windows apps if they are ever needed. IMO it's a great idea. Sure, I'd be using OSX 99% of the time, but if I ever needed to run a Windows app to which there was no Mac equivalent, then I would be able to.

That's why.

[saxondale.]

Would the iSight work with windows msn when you are able to dual boot?

[coolchan]

Go here and download Xbench - run it - copy and paste the results and post!

XBench isn't optimised for duo core yet.

XBench is in Universal Binaries. But does not support duo core.

[SnowRanger13]

Nice buy.

[gigapixels Veteran]

Would the iSight work with windows msn when you are able to dual boot?

I'm sure it would be able to. As long as it connects to a bus that Windows understands, there shouldn't be any reason not to. The only thing is driver support for the actual iSight, but I just did a small bit of research and as long as you cancel out of the "New Hardware Wizard" that pops up for it, it will show up as a generic 1394 camera and will work on Windows.

[saxondale.]

That would be handy, because at the moment, my iSight is pointless, well it will be always pointless since i cant dual boot :p but hopefully Mac MSN will take advantage of the iSight

[brandon.mat]

gah i want my macbook pro :( I'm going to wait though possibly for a second generation so that either the predecessors prices go down so I can afford them, or they upgrade the specs on the current one for the same price. And well, I don't have enough money for them right now.

[Catharsis]

Good grief. This thread has been hogging a space in the top ten for like 3 hours now.

[dragon2611]

How many times does this question need to be answered? It is simply so one can run Windows apps if they are ever needed. IMO it's a great idea. Sure, I'd be using OSX 99% of the time, but if I ever needed to run a Windows app to which there was no Mac equivalent, then I would be able to.

That's why.

exactly, thats why if they are a resonable price when i come to upgrade i'd probably get a mac laptop.

If it runs mac osx and windows then that would be brilliant.

its all well and good saying OSX is superiour blah blah, but thats useless if the app you want to run needs windows!

I have a mac mini and think OSX is great, but at this monment in time i couldn't switch completely, i have a lot of programs/games that need windows to work!

there are many people out their who would love to try OSX but don't want to have to have 2 machines to run mac and pc programs.

If you can buy a mac but still run windows on it for those apps that need it then i rekon it will mac more attrictive to a wider audiance.

Face it apple won't be bothered about windows booting on macs they will be happy that they've sold the mac in the first place.

[NightmarE D]

It's funny that someone was annoyed by the desk being glass and having to clean it :laugh:

Mine is wood and I still clean it every other day.

[thetechroom]

That would be handy, because at the moment, my iSight is pointless, well it will be always pointless since i cant dual boot :p but hopefully Mac MSN will take advantage of the iSight

Nice iMac Simon.

and Saxo - you tried aMSN, I think with that you can use Cam

[Detroit]

Simon, can you make a vid of the power of the intel proc? lol, like a short vid of you using it?

[brandon.mat]

that'd be cool yah do it :) if you can..

[toastyghost]

You have the same desk as me, except mine's a little wider and bends to make a nice L shape. It almost makes up for the fact that your iMac is three generations better than mine :(

[Matt T]

Congrats Simon :fun:

I'm guessing you used a PC before this iMac? What are your PC's specs and do you feel that the iMac is faster than your PC?

[MonkeyClaw Veteran]

Congrads man!!!! So do you think it is snappy and such ?