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nope
yes the G5 is basically a IBM PowerPC 970 (Power4 family)
chip. But there is much more to the computer than just the
processor.
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How about prices - Linux on Power vs. Mac on Power (G5)? (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/21/04
How about the price of apples vs. the price of oranges? (NT)  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/21/04
what?  doh123 | 01/21/04
(NT) I thought the Power5 and G5 were functionally equivalent. Hmmm.  dicktaurus@... | 01/21/04
nope  doh123 | 01/21/04
Can you compare servers - Linux Power vs. Apple Power? (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/21/04
Yes - if you choose suitable benchmarks  Fred Fredrickson | 01/21/04
What do customers care about? Benchmarks?  Vily Clay | 01/21/04
Yep, but real equiv. is unlikely; e.g., that MacG5 vs. Xeon comparison...  dicktaurus@... | 01/21/04
Apps/performance but not benchmarks attract customers and sales.  Vily Clay | 01/21/04
i wouldn't know but...  stephen732@... | 01/21/04
Linux = Power5's make for a VERY sensible value proposition.  dicktaurus@... | 01/21/04
Linux on XXXX  michael-t | 01/22/04

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