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Have Apple "sexed-up" its claim that the Power Mac G5 is the world's first 64-bit desktop PC? That's the claim a "senior microprocessor analyst", cited by The Inquirer. Peter Glaskowsky, who works for the Microprocessor Report, claims that 64-bit RISC made it to "several" Windows NT PCs in the 1990s. Glaskowsky also asserts that Apple's published comparison with P4 and Xeon processors are misleading and that the Intel processors produce considerable better numbers than Apple has reported. But he does at least say that the G5s will make the Mac competitive. Analysis: Blurring the facts, being economical with the truth - maybe. But outright lies? From Jobs and Co? Unlikely. The point is, if you make a claim like "fastest", there's so much data out there to disprove it (if it's untrue), then you lose your credibility quickly enough. Apple tests I've seen even had one of the Intel processors winning a test. That, at least, looks good. I've heard tell that the MotoShLib (or whatever it was called) was only written to produce good SPEC92 (or whatever that was called) results when it was used with early PowerPCs. It didn't, apparently, add anything to performance. The proof will be in the pudding: if Pros can improve their workflow with the G5, and it can do server duty in XServe at 60% the price of a Dell, then the G5 is achieving what it set out to do.
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