Posted on 01/24/2006 12:11:29 AM PST by Swordmaker
When I say "his iMac," I mean the brand-new Intel-based Apple he just received as a demonstrator (whatever it is called).
Keep in mind, the MacBook Jobs demonstrated was in fact a prototype...Apple now confirms that production models are not ready yet. Also, InfoWorld had an acerbic bit on the inflated performance claims.
On this test they are using only one 512 Ram stick in a machine designed for two matched sticks. Apple's and Mossberg's figures are based on a iMac with two 1Gig (2 gigabytes) sticks.
Apple has stated that Rosetta is a RAM hog... it works much better with lots of RAM.
I don't know... I just bought five 20" G5 iMacs for clients for $1145...
I think if you read the citation carefully, you'll see that the "previous iMac" being referred to is the lamp stand version... 800MHZ.
Who's fudging what, then? I think they're miffed over the Intel changeover.
If you read the comments on the original article, the commentators point out MacWorld's statistical approach is backwards... for example: if the speed is increased from 100 to 150, then it is either a 50% increase or a 33% increase, depending on whether you are looking at the starting speed or the increased speed.
For example Jobs stated that one application was 1.84 TIMES as fast on the new machine compared to the old... that is either a 54% increase... or 84% faster... almost twice as fast... or only 1/3 faster. Depends on perspective.
Reminds me of Mark Twain's line about there being three kinds of lies. Anyway, I plan to replace my Powerbook sometime in the not-to-distant future but I think I'll wait until there are a couple of more iterations of the Macbook until I make my move.
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