Wired running SGI Article

Take a look at the design and architecture of the Dual CPU G5 (the single 1.8Ghz model they just released is a travesty as the FSB only runs at 600Mhz, rather than the 900Mhz it should). The only computer I can compare it to is the SGI Octane. I've only been running Mac OS X for the last year and a half as my primary OS. My G4/450 AGP is one of the originals that shipped with a special G4 version of Mac OS 8.6, and iTunes is the only reason I upgraded to 9. It wasn't until 10.2 that I considered Mac OS X usable (I tested every version). What really impressed me was Safari, as it made it so that my G4/450 was fast enough to surf on once again. Personally I think Mac OS X still has a ways to go (see my last email for my complaints about the VM subsystem), but it's got a Unix Layer, a usable GUI, a filesystem browser I've become fanatical about :^), and more importantly it runs the Adobe Apps I need, and has professional video and audio editing applications. While I'm running the latest version of MS Office, I'm not sure if that's a plus or a minus :^) Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |