Irony of ironies, it’s IBM, that evil empire alluded to in Apple’s 1984 commercial so many years ago, that’s supplying these chips that can’t keep up and are holding Apple back from its true potential,” White writes.
APPLE MAC G5 2.7GHZ UPGRADE
It’s frustrating to see all this groundbreaking software innovation, such as the magnificent Final Cut Pro Studio (which I will soon be reviewing here on Digital Media Net), all brought to bear on a processor whose manufacturer for some reason can’t seem to upgrade it as fast as was once hoped. We can only hope that somehow Apple will decide to start using Intel or even AMD chips in its computers and at the same time find a way to quickly and efficiently adapt all its magnificent software to a processor that has proven to be a more dependable source of continuous speed and efficiency upgrades. It’s certainly telling that Intel’s Xeon chips from last year are still faster than the nearly speed-stuck IBM PowerPC chips inhabiting Macintoshes. It came close, and beat our eight-month-old Dell dual Xeon 3.6GHz test machine in some of the benchmarks, but overall, it still isn’t as fast as our fastest, albeit elderly PC. “For the first time ever, here at the Midwest Test Facility, could this new Mac beat the fastest PC? Well, yes and no. The icons are all beautifully drawn, and the whole thing just oozes quality.”
The rest of the operating system is just about as good as an OS can be. It’s the fastest, most convenient search feature I’ve ever seen, and I wish every computer in the world had it. Immediately after you type one character, Spotlight starts finding folders, documents and applications that match the term you’re typing. Click on that and a box drops down that offers a field in which to enter a search term. Sitting at the top right of the screen is a little magnifying glass.
APPLE MAC G5 2.7GHZ MAC OS
Digital Media Online’s Charlie White’s article regarding reviewing the Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7GHz contains an aside about Mac OS X, “Although this is not a full-scale review of Tiger, I must comment on the speed and grace of its new Spotlight feature (see graphic below).
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