Yeah, but the gist of the article is that the problem is not the processor, but the OS. The implementation of Mac OS X made some fundamental design choices that will always make it slower for certain server operations.
That said, I have two Macs in front of me now and am responding to this on m dual 2 gig G5. The savings in time in never having to worry about viri, etc. more than outweighs any execution time penalty. I don't even turn on the PC with Windows 2000 server very often.
^^^^^^^^^Here's to mactel next year! Bring it! We need it and the updates....... badly it seems.
Yeah, but the gist of the article is that the problem is not the processor, but the OS.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That was precisely what I was saying. We need the updates. When mactel comes, we'll also get a new MacOS which should fix these problems.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^The savings in time in never having to worry about viri, etc. more than outweighs any execution time penalty.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's why I took windows off this machine about 2 years ago. But I've got the best of both worlds. It's kind of weird as I actually find myself wanting something to break just so I'll have something to fix.
And a new operating system every 6 months(roughly) is very nice.