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Hi.. I’m fed up with all the hype about the new imac core duo being twice as fast as the imac g5 2.1ghz. A lot of the magazines are also saying yes the core duo beats the g5 at this, that, and the next thing. What I’d like to know is how would the core duo have compared in performance had Apple had put a dual core 2.0ghz g5 in the imac like it done with the power mac range.
Just a thought
Cheers
Gerry

I'm curious about this too. In addition to what Gerald says, I note that there's also no mention anywhere of how the new dual core Intel processors perform as compared with, say, the Pentium 4 or whatever number they are at now.
As for the heat business, I see in MacFormat this month that IBM have announced a 4ghz - 5ghz powerpc chip. Apparently they have even tested one running at 6ghz, that they now plan to go in servers. So the PowerPC chip doesn't seem to be dying out now.
I am going to have to upgrade my 6500/300 sometime in the near future and as the Intel chips are going to force me to lose all my Classic software anyway, it seems sensible to work out what all the options are, if you get my gist.
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