True power: The Power Mac 9500
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Apple Computer's $4,999 Power Mac 9500 uses the second-generation PowerPC 604 chip. The new architecture is incredibly fast, and is well-suited to use by multimedia and video producers. The machine can run applications such as Photoshop two times as fast as an older Power Mac. The machine includes a slot for multiple processors, a fast PCI bus, and a 10Base-T Ethernet port. The machine comes in two different configurations. The 9500/120 comes with 16MB of RAM and a 1GB hard drive, quad-speed CD-ROM drive, six PCI slots and 2MB of VRAM. The $5,799 9500/132 comes with a 2GB hard disk. The new CPU card slot makes it easy to swap in faster processors, and also lends itself to multiple processor configurations. The machine also uses DIMM (dual inline memory module) instead of SIMM RAM, in order to provide true 64-bit performance. Performance of 32-bit applications will be substantially improved on the 9500. The machine inculdes System 7.5.2, and supports up to a 2 terabyte disk volume.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1995
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Muscle machines: Mac, Indy, Sun and Pentium
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Multimedia performance tests performed on four high-end machines representing different platforms and processor architectures indicate that the Apple Macintosh Power Mac 8100/80 and the Silicon Graphics' (SGI) Indy R4600SC are the best choices. However, the Dell Computer Dell Dimension XPS P90 Pentium system and the Sun Microsystems' SPARCstation20 model 50 tested are also superior multimedia platforms. The Macintosh's plug-and-play architecture and integrated QuickTime system give it an edge for desktop multimedia. Intel and Microsoft also have a plug-and-play initiative coming soon, which will give Video for Windows the same capability. SGI and Sun's Unix workstations are suited for high-end processing tasks. They emphasize networking capabilities, with standard ISDN and integrated e-mail and videoconferencing. All of the platforms use visual, icon-based authoring environments to create the presentations.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1995
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Clones roar past Apple
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Power Computing Co's Apple clone, PowerTower 180, with a PowerPC 604 processor and configuration similar to PowerMac 8500, costs less and is faster than the PowerMac. PowerTower 180 sells for $4,195 whereas the price of PowerMac 8500/150 is $4,699. In a comparison of performance of the two workstations using processor-intensive multimedia software, PowerTower 180 with its higher clock speed performed 15-20% faster than the PowerMac 8500/150. Both machines were almost twice as fast as PowerMac 8100/110 which has a 601 processor. The price of Power Computing Co's Power Center and PowerTower machines with CPU speeds in the range of 120MHz to 180MHz varies from $1,995 to $4,195, whereas PowerMacs with similar speeds sell for $2,999 to $4699. Apple also offers the expandable PowerMac 9500/150, which features with six PCI slots and room for up to 768MB RAM, priced at $4799.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1996
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