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Benchmarks for Dual G5-2.7 — #1

Hi there! What should the benchmarks for a Dual-2.7 GHz G5 be? My benchmarks improved a lot after installing the alpha 5.2 worker, but they're still only half of what the top Powe…
MacNN PowerPC by phantomac

Benchmarks for Dual G5-2.7 — #4

Quote: Originally Posted by TiloProbst those Top Macs are Quad CPU, so they should score way higher then your Dual machine I was talking about the PowerMac7,3, not about t…
MacNN PowerPC by phantomac

Benchmarks for Dual G5-2.7 — #5

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomac I was talking about the PowerMac7,3, not about the PowerMac11,2, which is the 4 CPU machine. A dual 2.7 GHz G5 should still be the second …
MacNN PowerPC by alexkan

Benchmarks for Dual G5-2.7 — #7

I was quite dissapointed of dual 2.7ghz performance. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_...hostid=1789945 My DC 2.3ghz's outperforms that easily. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sh…
MacNN PowerPC by E.T from tellus

Benchmarks for Dual G5-2.7 — #9

Interesting... Your 2.7 gets about what my 2.5 does. Actually, a little worse in some cases. It should do a bit better but....what kind of ram? My 2.5 has PC3200-30330 ram…
MacNN PowerPC by Todd Madson

Benchmarks for Dual G5-2.7 — #10

Don't expect any of these machines to scale linearly in performance with clock speed. The determining factor here is definitely L2 cache and memory bandwidth, although the clock sp…
MacNN PowerPC by alexkan

Benchmarks for Dual G5-2.7 — #11

What I notice most of all is that there seems to be large variation even between machines of the same type. I ponder whether some G5 chips work better than others for reasons of…
MacNN PowerPC by Todd Madson

How to start to program - really good books? — #1

Hello everyone, I'm about to start getting into programming. I had some Java lessons at school, so I thought I'd start off with that. So, are there any really good books to start o…
MacNN Development by SteveJobs

How to start to program - really good books? — #2

Quote: Originally Posted by SteveJobs Hello everyone, I'm about to start getting into programming. I had some Java lessons at school, so I thought I'd start off with that. So, a…
MacNN Development by Dr.Michael

How to start to program - really good books? — #4

Quote: Originally Posted by SteveJobs And is XCode ok even in the long run or would Eclipse (or something else?) be a better choice? -- Or should I try to start getting going in…
MacNN Development by Stradlater

How to start to program - really good books? — #5

If you're still in school, and future classes will be taught in Java, I would personally recommend sticking with Java...at least for awhile longer. IMHO, it is a real good idea to…
MacNN Development by smitty825

How to start to program - really good books? — #6

Steve, I'm coming from an academic standpoint. I'd say learn Scheme or LISP as a first language, because they are truly excellent, beautiful languages. After spending some time wit…
MacNN Development by parallax

How to start to program - really good books? — #7

Hey everyone, thanks for all the answers. I'll specify my point of view by commenting on some of your remarks. I am no longer attending any kind of school, so I don't get any Java…
MacNN Development by SteveJobs
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