"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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more specifically, the video card in my G5 doesn't get involved in
the processing. Thus any attempt to wiggle out of the claim of
"many times faster" is invalid.

No one was talking about YOUR computer using the video card. The potential
"error" suggested was that HIS computer might use the video card. At least,
that was my understanding. You don't have dual video cards, do you?

Regardless, I find the term "many" to be ambiguous enough to give "Gig"
whatever wiggle room he needs. It is certainly true that his
Alienware
computer is at least twice as fast as anything Apple is offering so far

twice many

As I said, his definition of "many" may not be the same as yours. That's
the problem with vague words like "many". They can mean a variety of
things, and two people may go to the grave arguing about the "correct"
meaning (even though there are numerous, or even infinite correct meanings).

And I'd like to see proof of your assertion

You'd have to look up benchmarks at the various review sites. I make the
statement based on general knowledge of the PowerPC versus AMD/Intel CPU
performance ("Gig" didn't mention which CPU brand he actually has, but
assuming it's supposed to be really fast, it's probably an AMD part, for
their superior floating point performance).

[...]
My not-top-of-the-line G5 will process AND burn a 60 minute DVD in about
40
minutes.

If you say so. You must at least be using a dual-proc box. Even so, your
experience doesn't match what I've read about the G5's (or any other Mac for
that matter).

Pete