[CS-FSLUG] The New Mac Intels

[Timothy Butler]

> My personal comments:  The intel based mac looks almost exactly  
> like the
> G5 on the outside.  On the plus side, the mouse has a "rocker"  
> style two
> -button switch.  It also has a finger control for navigating around

	The Mighty Mouse is pretty slick. Now, if they just made a Bluetooth  
version...

> windows.  In terms of "zippiness", the intel mac is just as zippy as
> other intel based operating systems.  It's definitely faster than  
> the G5
> based Macs.  I doubt it is half as powerful though, as some of our  
> tests
> seem to indicate (I wouldn't run final cut pro on it).

	It'll be interesting to see how the Pro stuff runs on Intel once it  
become available in Universal. The G5 is mighty powerful... then  
again, I don't think the G5 shines nearly as well in uni-processor  
configurations like the iMac as it does in the PowerMac dp's.

	The Mac Pro, or whatever they call the PowerMac replacement, will be  
really sweet if they get those quad core chips from Intel in them  
next year...

> All in all, it performs more like it's Unix kernel should.  It's new
> version of OSx doesn't seem to be all that different, though.  Same
> stuff, just faster for the "everyday" apps (Office, Email, etc).

	Actually, its identical, other than drivers. I'm running 10.4.5 on  
my PM G5, which is one release up from what the first Intel macs came  
with. :-)

	-Tim

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