[geeks] Dual Xeon vs Dual G4

[William S.]

Yep, I can tell the Apple has won over a lot of folks
not only on the hardware end but the software. I just
wanted to throw out a competitor and see how it measured
up. The Intel would be better from a game point of view but
in the end I think I will be more won over by the Apple
extras.

I am not getting anything right away, but I think I would be
happy with a single cpu on the G4 tower.

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 03:20:35PM -0500, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> "William S." <wstan at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> > I guess I am looking for a workstation that I can occassionally play
> > a game on. Right now I am just trying to understand all the
> > features the cpu's offer (hyperthreading, altivec, L2 cache size,
> > etc) and how they compare from a performance point of view.
> > 
> 
> Depending on game, it might make more sense to get the Intel system -
> but if you want a workstation, I suggest the Apple.
> 
> Truthfully, the same games as are avaiable for Windows are typically
> available for OS X, though most not immediately.  So if an occasional
> game is what you're after, but you still want a spiffy box that does
> what you *tell* it to do, go for the Apple.
> 
> Each has their strong points and weak points, but the Apple's strong
> points are for more numerous and carry more weight.
> 

-- 
Bill
Amsterdam, NL