Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Though the new 500 MHz G4 Mac is 2 to 4 times faster with Photoshop than 500 MHz Pentium III systems. There are a lot of reasons for a system to be faster than another..( # of processors, bus speed, better MMU, SCSI HDD, Graphics co-processor, type of Memory for video are some ) .. and in the graphics applications arena, it is even harder to pinpoint..... With Dual Pentium III processors, this may be negated..... somewhat. The Wintel platform is usually generic. There are very few specialized assemblages of equipment for specific application like image processing. Apple has focused on image processing. Their systems should be "quicker". BTW, the most special part of the SGI Platform is supposed to be the graphics display section..... it is also the most expensive. Besides there is the issue of support to the average layman at home for a system that is primarily sold to the corporate account.... Both OS, Application Program and Hardware. For the newspapers or corporate account OK, but for me at home? I don;t think I want to get into that mess..... Frank