After register Henry Norr ’s review of the unexampled PowerMac G5s , you might have wondered why the new dual-1.8GHz model put behind bars behind its very standardised predecessor in a couple of the run . I for certain did — particularly since , aside from the amount of instal memory and the sizing of the hard drive , the glasses for the dual-1.8GHz G5 unveil in June 2004 and the one introduced in November 2003 are nearly very . And since we leveled the RAM playacting field by installing equal sum of memory , you ’d expect our Speedmark solution to be indistinguishable as well .
For the most part , the system performed as have a bun in the oven — you’ll notice in the benchmark accompanying Henry ’s review how the dual-2.5GHz Power Mac G5 bested all simulation — but there were a couple instances where the quondam dual-1.8GHz Power Mac out - perform the newer model . These unexpected results are most likely due to the differences in surd drives .
The one-time dual-1.8GHz modelling came with a roommate 160 GB Seagate Barracuda hard drive ; the newer role model features an 80 GB version of the same drive . The drive trade seems to have sacrificed not only entrepot capacity but a small stop number as well ; note the older fashion model ’s fast times in several of our psychometric test . In fact , the older dual-1.8GHz Power Mac even bested the dual-2.0GHz model ( featuring a Maxtor DiamondMax 160 GB drive ) in disc - intensive actions , such as file duplicates and video encryption , although just by a pilus .
The functioning gap was comparatively small and probably not enough to notice in the daily use of your Power Mac . And agree to one proofreader , your experience may be quite different from what we ensure in our lab trial run . Hisshiny new dual-2.0GHz Power Mac G5 shipped with a Seagate drive , not a Maxtor .
