Posts: 1370 from 2003/2/15
From: Central Europe
Quote:
ausPPC wrote:
Is there really so much of a performance gap between those G5 computers and a new iPad?
It depends on which PowerMac G5 model you use as a reference. If you compare a a quad-core PowerMac G5 to a triple-core iPad Air 2, the G5 could be a bit faster (depending on the application, as usual).
Generally, the performance appears to be similar on a per-core basis (with a lead for the A8 / A8X), which is impressive given the size difference between an iPad Air 2 is and a PowerMac G5.
Of course, another way to look at it is this: A years-old PowerMac G5 offers performance that is similar to a state-of-the-art 500+ USD portable computing device, which is selling millions of units, and can be bought for a fraction of the cost or even got entirely for free.
Unlike the creator of the video, I think today´s iPhones and iPads do actually prove how much you can accomplish with PowerMac G5-level performance in 2015 as long as you run software that has been optimized for the target hardware. MorphOS users should be able to appreciate that
