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[QUOTE=melgross;1201105][QUOTE=trboyden;1201077]Application testing is a measure of how fast an application runs on THAT machine.Quote: Yes, that's exactly what I've been saying. That's the point to the whole thing. You want to know how fast your…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The application testing is for the purpose of judging which machines are faster at using those applications. What do you think it's measuring? So go to a site that tests Windows machines using Photoshop and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Now who's interpreting? SPEC came up with a test suite that trys to take into consideration as many processes and calculations that can be compared equally among hardware systems. Are they perfect, probably…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It's still a benchmark though. It can use compilers, settings and tweaks that most developers don't use. It even involves languages that most developers don't use, there's a lot of FORTRAN in there. FORTRAN i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I decided to go to the SPEC organizations site, and see what they really have to say. Interestingly enough, even to them, SPEC is just a secondary method to see how your machine rates. From their site, t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The SPEC site can be expected to rationalize it's own importance, wouldn't you say? Here's an article that puts a bit of perspective on it. I'll quote a bit first. But, this is just the first I've found. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross You're misunderstanding what the tests say. Spec was devised to read cpu performance directly in one very small area. It measures nothing else. It doesn't rell us anything about real integer performance, wh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Er...I'd be using a RAID array on a NAS even with a Pro. Oh wait, I do since we didn't go FC. Dude...the $800 Precision T3400 is a 1.8Ghz C2D. Yah think the 2.8Ghz Quad Mac Pro might be a tad faster? To get…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Spec benchmarks don't necessarily compare well to actual performance on apps that people will really use. If you're looking for scientific app performance, then it might be a good comparison. But you want to f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Well, you'd have to check performance. But, you'd be surprised at how well that iMac does perform. Amazingly, the memory bandwidth business is not very significent. It's overblown as a speed issue. PS and othe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Apple actually has three potentially overlapping lines. The Mac Pro would overlap with a mid tower, unless Apple cut the low single chip $2200 model from the line. The iMac's would then compete with a low e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by YTV All I know is that I attend a fairly small campus in a fairly small city, on our campus we have about 300 pretty loaded Mac Pro's. Lets say the retail price of the computers was $2500 and that the campus got a volu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I find your argument to be a difficult one to sustain. I also had a business that had mostly Macs. Moving to Windows just because your accountant seemingly can't get your tax deductions for capital equipmen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by YTV Not sure why your hard drives are dying so fast, I have had dozens of computers and have never had a hard drive fail ever. Successor to the mini, lol. The mini is basically a notebook without a screen. If Apple mak…
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Quote: Originally Posted by caldercay http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/notebook-...azr-263359.php Yep, there's your next Dell, HP, and anyone else that uses Intel's spec platforms. The MacBook Air will die just like the other niche products A…
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Well I'm glad I'm not going crazy, I've been having wireless issues with my 1st generation black MacBook since upgrading to Leopard. Applying the 10.5.1 update did nothing for me and it doesn't matter whether I'm on battery or connected to the power…
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I agree with the peeps that say this doesn't make any sense as a PDA. Apple would want to grow the iPhone and the next logical step for that would be true PDA functionality, or at the very least better PIM features. My guess is that this will lea…
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The only thing I need Office for is decent Exchange support on the Mac, unfortunately Mail.app and other 3rd party apps just don't cut it. I'm PO'd they're going to charge an additional $250 just for that feature. I so wish we could dump Exchange fo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM How long will you be able to accomodate requests for CRTs, especially high quality ones? Last I heard, CRT studio monitors are no longer made, so they are on borrowed time, the ones in service now may last a lo…
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While I'm here I'll also throw out my experience with a glossy MacBook... I bought a Black MacBook maxed out with all the options about a month after they first came out. I choose the glossy screen because I saw it in the Apple store and liked ho…