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Join Date: Dec 2005
 
2006-01-31, 18:32

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Originally Posted by Zebulunite
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2685

Just finished reading it. It's a pretty through review/comparion of the two iMacs. I was surprised (to an extent) at the iMac Core Duo's far lower power usage (then again, it is a mobile chip). As a testiment to the G5, however, it did perform overall better in Anand's tests than the "Core Solo 1.83 Ghz" (i.e. Anand disabling one core).

I guess it's good for Apple/Intel's sake that Apple never released a dual core G5 iMac, or else the only thing going for the Intel iMac would be it's greater performance per watt (but overall having lower performance).
which is exactly why they didn't release one. it's been carefully orchestrated.

i don't think a dual core G5 would have been too hot for an iMac either, obviously the Core Duo is an easier fit thermally, but I think the dual core G5 would have been possible.
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