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Here's an article I found this morning. Basically this guy says that Apple
ran the Intel chips with HyperThreading (a technology that makes one
processor act like two) turned off:

http://www.haxial.com/spls-soapbox/apple-powermac-G5/

I also found this link, which I think even some Mac die-hards will like:

http://www.ssc.ucla.edu/ssc/consult/schang/mac.wmv

(please note: there are a few 'colorful metaphors' in this clip, so be
careful where you play it, etc.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Walker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:56 AM
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Subject: G5 speed tests rigged?

Having read the articles, it seems obvious to me that Apple
"gamed" the G5 speed tests that are posted on their web page
<http://www.apple.com/g5> .  Quite simply, they crippled the
Intel-based computers they were testing against slightly in order
to slow them down a bit - it's admitted in the fine print apparently
if you read the pdfs describing the benchmark tests.  Is it then, the
"world's fastest personal computer?" .  As always, it depends on
what kind of task you're going to do with it....

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