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I thought that on neutral software...
....the G5 came out ahead. Of course, this meant running a particular variant of Linux that gave a really equal platform for comparison between the two.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1579481,00.asp
Using synthetic SPEC benchmarks, the G5 shines. Using a GCC compiler test administered by Veritest, the G5 scored 836 on the SPECint benchmark but 840 on the SPECfp benchmark, which measures floating-point performance?10 percent slower than the Pentium 4 in integer performance, but 21 percent faster in the floating-point benchmark. But when using a dual-processor configuration, two G5s edged out two 3.06-GHz Xeon DP processors by 3 percent running SPECint, and 41 percent faster under SPECfp, tallying a 15.7 score.

PC Magazine was skeptical, but saw the G5 as being ahead in some areas:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C4149%2C1274138%2C00.asp

The G5 also did quite well with the CAD industry:
http://www.architosh.com/features/2004/g5-interview/2004-interv-g5nem-1.phtml
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I have to chuckle a bit...  toadlife | 01/10/06
At the time, they were accurate  tic swayback | 01/10/06
Hardly  toadlife | 01/10/06
I thought that on neutral software...  tic swayback | 01/10/06
independent?  openMind | 01/11/06
It really IS like 1984...  amp06 | 01/11/06
nope, wrong  doh123 | 01/11/06
It's deja vu all over again!  Chad_z | 01/11/06
tis is not a Mac thing  doh123 | 01/12/06
Because technology doesn't change over time  tic swayback | 01/11/06
Just seem to me that Apple goes with the best  voska | 01/11/06
Rats...  SGT_Spam | 01/11/06
Chuckling or crying  RCS_z | 01/10/06
Correct. But that was based on...  BitTwiddler | 01/11/06
of current x86 chips hes willing to use...  doh123 | 01/11/06
It's funny how these newly renamed next  ShadeTree | 01/12/06
Overnight?  tic swayback | 01/12/06
Wasn't it the Mac faithfull that argued the Mac Mini ...  ShadeTree | 01/13/06
Personally I think AMD is better  voska | 01/12/06
These are Mobile processors and AMD has ...  ShadeTree | 01/13/06
?  doh123 | 01/12/06
My comment had little to do with the merits or de-merits ...  ShadeTree | 01/13/06
you still miss the point  doh123 | 01/13/06
Just exactly how short of working for Intel or a major ...  ShadeTree | 01/13/06
Intel in a Mac?  SouthernPride | 01/10/06
Declining market share?  zkiwi | 01/10/06
SouthernPride might wanna recheck those numbers  tic swayback | 01/10/06
Blah, Blah, Blah...  BitTwiddler | 01/11/06
So were Apples, so they changed them  Not Your Beloved Troll | 01/11/06
Niche? Yeah, a $20 billion p.a. niche  Fred Fredrickson | 01/11/06
MAC users and their delusional perspectives  JonathanSeer | 01/11/06
re: delusional perspectives  JakAttak | 01/11/06
You might want to actual find out the truth  openMind | 01/11/06
I'd say 10% is fair  voska | 01/11/06
Very nice post! (NT)  NonZealot | 01/11/06
That's not niche  voska | 01/11/06
Full deluded  Fred Fredrickson | 01/11/06
What?  openMind | 01/11/06
Fast sure but how long will he battery last ?  The_Q | 01/10/06
Definitely waiting for the reviews  tic swayback | 01/10/06
trade off  aetherjoy | 01/10/06
Pentium M cores are very low power  george_ou | 01/10/06
This was one of the main reasons for the switch.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/11/06
Wow!  zkiwi | 01/11/06
just a question George  nECrO_z | 01/11/06
You can't compare different units  george_ou | 01/12/06
Screamers?  nECrO_z | 01/10/06
It'll be interesting to see  Ken_z | 01/10/06
It might read...  in-DUH-vidual | 01/10/06
re: screamers  JakAttak | 01/11/06
was it Jobs?  nECrO_z | 01/11/06
What do you expect? Jobs is dealing with an "exec" wearing a bunny suit.  HypnoToad | 01/12/06
Finally the Truth can be told  tonyman262 | 01/11/06
Too bad it doesn't work that way  voska | 01/11/06
Dual boot is so old fashioned  tic swayback | 01/11/06
All I need MS Windows for is games  voska | 01/11/06
Missed one point  voska | 01/11/06
Too Bad for us All  tonyman262 | 01/11/06
Macs are more versatile  tic swayback | 01/11/06
applewine  hipparchus2001 | 01/12/06
Not all...  Fred Fredrickson | 01/11/06
Mac OS X is FreeBSD modified. Too bad indeed.  HypnoToad | 01/12/06
I had no idea Jobs was into that kind of thing...  HypnoToad | 01/12/06

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