

The result, the Power Mac G5, delivers on the present need for rapid computing, deep multitasking, and responsive user interfaces - as well as the future need (current for some, including myself) for mainstream computers that rapidly process and analyze massive data sets.

We’re due for a shift in standards.Įnter Apple, which got the bright idea of taking a pair of 64-bit IBM PowerPC CPUs, jacking them into server-class internal buses, and squeezing the whole thing into a desk-side tower chassis. Companies large and small routinely set their expectations of computer systems according the capabilities of Intel-based x86 computers and 32-bit Windows.
