New apples on the scene
Well, Apple is back on top of the heap. The new G5s have come out, and the top of the line dual 2GHz is faster than comperable (in specs and price) P4 Xeon. This last happened when the G4 was first introduced, and the result was a surge in “Apple Rulez” all over the internet. This lasted several months, until the x86 crowd (in this case AMD) passed them up again. We’ll see how long this lasts.
This means that, if you’re willing to spend $3500 for a computer, and you’re *not* a gamer, you should seriously consider a Mac. It doesn’t mean that anyone like me will buy a Mac. Afterall, the Macs I can afford (the ibook and the emac) absolutely blow chunks. X86 compters that are equivilent to the emac are $400, not $999. For $999, I can get one at least twice as good as the emac. The ibooks have their advangates, such as battery life, but are pitifully underpowered, especially conisdering you’re running OSX. For Linux, I suppose they’re okay, but not as good as an equvilently priced x86 notebook.
What does all this mean? It means that, yet again, I won’t be getting a Mac any time soon, if ever. I’d really love to, because they’re cool platforms, and I’d love to play with OSX, but the affordable Macs are just no good, compared to comperably priced PCs. It’s just sad.
But, won’t the performance trickle down, now that the new G5s are out? Probably not, because that didn’t happen when the G4s came out. The boody ibooks are still G3s! Oh well, maybe someday I’ll be really rich and can try out a Mac.
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