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  • Re: Say it with me: Windows is the problem with Windows handhelds

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu Oct 30 22:11:49 2025
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    On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:44:08 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

    The G5 was an OK chip, but it was more power hungry than Intel and
    therefore ran even hotter than Intel. The CPU heat sinks in a G4 or
    G5 Mac were friggin huge, along with multiple fans. Which is one
    reason why Macs switched to Intel in 2005.

    There was even a quad CPU G5 with water cooling. Had actual
    radiator/water pump/hoses to circulate the water. What could
    possibly go wrong there?

    I remember a review of Apple’s XServe machines (remember when Apple
    sold servers?) running “OS X Server”, where the reviewer compared the performance with Linux running the same software (MySQL) performing
    the same operations on the same hardware. Linux basically wiped the
    floor with OS X.

    Now we have 10, 12 and 16 core Macs that don't need a single fan.
    How times have changed.

    One thing that won’t have changed, is the ability of Linux to run better
    on a vendor’s own hardware than the vendor’s own OS. Remember, Linux
    has been on ARM longer than Apple has.

    Can’t find anything newer than this <https://www.phoronix.com/review/apple-m1-linux-perf/2> from three
    years ago, but already Linux was mostly holding its own in some
    places, pulling ahead in others.

    Don't forget Macs/iPads/iPhones. Running on Unix.

    Licensees of a trademark, nothing more. Even Ken Thompson, “Mr Unix” himself, doesn’t want to use Apple’s “Unix” any more.
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu Oct 30 19:54:57 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2025-10-30 18:11, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:44:08 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

    The G5 was an OK chip, but it was more power hungry than Intel and
    therefore ran even hotter than Intel. The CPU heat sinks in a G4 or
    G5 Mac were friggin huge, along with multiple fans. Which is one
    reason why Macs switched to Intel in 2005.

    There was even a quad CPU G5 with water cooling. Had actual
    radiator/water pump/hoses to circulate the water. What could
    possibly go wrong there?

    I remember a review of Apple’s XServe machines (remember when Apple
    sold servers?) running “OS X Server”, where the reviewer compared the performance with Linux running the same software (MySQL) performing
    the same operations on the same hardware. Linux basically wiped the
    floor with OS X.

    I remember the report and at the time, as a Mac user, I was not even
    slightly surprised. Absolutely nothing about my G5 1.6GHz felt fast to
    me. The crappiest Windows laptop seemed to perform better than what I
    was using. I was actually surprised that Apple was even making an
    attempt to sell servers.
    --
    CrudeSausage
    John 14:6
    Proponent of faggot-free open-source software
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