Comments on: Mac Performance (February 2008)

By: Current Macs, Speed Ratings, and Graphics Card Ranking | The Politically Incorrect Fish

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:03:56 +0000

[...] Primate Labs – the basis for Mactracker’s Benchmarks – has a NEW (Feb 2008) set of scores out today. There are diferences, but not by [...]

By: Looking to buy a Power Mac G5 - some input please - MacNN Forums

Looking to buy a Power Mac G5 - some input please - MacNN Forums — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:06:01 +0000

[...] fact that all testing is somewhat arbitrary, you can find performance comparisons at these sites: Primate Labs Blog : Mac Performance (February 2008) Real World Speed Tests for Performance Minded Mac Users (Info is there but you need to look for it) [...]

By: Steve Hannah: This week » Blog Archive » Who needs a tower anymore?

Steve Hannah: This week » Blog Archive » Who needs a tower anymore? — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:08:09 +0000

[...] “If I had a Quicksilver model, it would run Leopard, and ….” . Well the Quicksilver guy never returned my email (of course he didn’t post a phone number), so I started to evaluate my decision to upgrade to a Quicksilver. I asked the question: “How much faster is a Quicksilver than the Sawtooth (400MHz) model?” Thanks to lowendmac.com for providing benchmarks for all of the old macs so I could make this comparison. I noticed that Lowendmac listed something called a “Geekbench” score for almost all of its computers. Geekbench is a cross-platform benchmarking program that ranks a computer’s performance on a number of factors. I then stumbled across this little goldmine of a page that compares the performance of all Macs G4 and up. [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:31:56 +0000

Rich,

No one's submitted results for a Dual Power Mac G4 @ 1.42 GHz, so I wasn't able to include it in this performance chart. As for the Power Mac G4 (MDD) @ 1.00 GHz, it's a Power Mac G4 (FW 800); Geekbench isn't able to distinguish between the Power Mac G4 (MDD) and the Power Mac G4 (FW 800) since both identify themselves as a Power Mac G4 (MDD).

By: John

John — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:27:01 +0000

Dazzer21,

It’s possible to install Leopard on slower G4s. Take a look at http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html for all the gory details.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:03:44 +0000

What happened to the Power Mac G4 (FW 800) Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.42 GHz?

And how is there a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) PowerPC G4 @ 1000 MHz? This machine doesn't exist unless it's a dual processor...

By: Dazzer21

Dazzer21 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:46:09 +0000

I though that the slowest Mac that Leopard would work on was an 867Mhz G4. How did you get a benchmark on a 400MHz machine?

By: Actualizada la tabla de prestaciones de Geekbench : planetamac

Actualizada la tabla de prestaciones de Geekbench : planetamac — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:21:18 +0000

[...] blog de Primate Labs, desarrolladores de Geekbench, publica una actualización de su tabla de prestaciones añadiendo los últimos modelos de Mac presentados. Los índices sólo reflejan las prestaciones de [...]