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| Message: | Not surprising that Adobe has been lagging at keeping OS X versions current since FCP is eating Premier's lunch. Adobe After Effects, the most widely used processor-intensive application used by digital video editors and compositors, there's a speedup in the offing there, too, where we noticed faster render times using a beta copy of After Effects 6.5 for the Mac (see table below comparing AE 6.0 times with AE 6.5). Apparently Adobe has been doing some optimization of its own, goosing the performance of After Effects on the Mac. While the improvement is small, it just goes to show that the test was far from "equal". Further you chose to ignore the article's conclusion Even better, as OS X and more applications become completely 64-bit capable, and as IBM improves the PPC 970 chip line, even higher levels of performance will be reached. Another key factor is cost. Apple has decided to competitively price the G5, where it's much less expansive than its similarly-configured PC competitors, which beat it by only slight margins in the benchmarks yet some cost over $1000 more than a comparably-equipped $4398 G5. As we've looked closely at most of the computing platforms, operating systems and software available today, we've come to the realization that we're getting to a point where all computers are fast and all the operating systems on which they run are exceedingly stable. So it boils down to what software is available and how well does that software get the job done? Thinking along those lines, this Mac G5 serves as a dongle for Apple's excellent software like Final Cut Pro, with even more innovative software like the remarkable Motion 1.0 compositing application on the way. Taking all that into account, if you're a Mac user, or even if you're not, you will certainly want to consider updating your tool box with this powerful computer. It's a great value and receives our highest recommendation. As to the hardware issue, you know full well that Apple has no control over IBM's production problems. But its more provocative to use "Apple G5 gets b1tch_slapped" than "IBM G5 gets b1tch_slapped". hmm, don't care to offend 1 of your major corporate partners eh? I guess you like to taunt children with birth defects too? | ||||
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