Ruffin Bailey wrote in
<172e9d35.0307060709.3dfb00f6[at]posting.google.com>:

>I realize there are the NASA benchmarks with one 2 GHz turned off
>(from which you could scale and get a rough idea what's going on) and
>a few 1.6/1.8 numbers at Apple, but has anyone really seen a good test
>of performance from the 1.6 & 1.8 G5 models? Even an Xbench score?
>Seems like everything from WWDC is all 2 GHz duallies.
>
>Fwiw, at least one Apple sales feller at 1-800-MY-APPLE (or whatever
>it is) has said that orders so far as "99% 2 GHz dual processor
>Powermacs". Thought that was interesting. If only $1000 extra would
>fall into my lap...

Look under your brain. An Apple SALESMAN tells you 99% of sales are
of the most expensive model. Gee, I *might* be skeptical.

In article <euhjgvg1oac85h126810o5gb01uufnt0cm[at]4ax.com>,
Steve Hanson <icustomercare[at]usps.com> wrote:

> Ruffin Bailey wrote in
> <172e9d35.0307060709.3dfb00f6[at]posting.google.com>:
>
> >I realize there are the NASA benchmarks with one 2 GHz turned off
> >(from which you could scale and get a rough idea what's going on) and
> >a few 1.6/1.8 numbers at Apple, but has anyone really seen a good test
> >of performance from the 1.6 & 1.8 G5 models? Even an Xbench score?
> >Seems like everything from WWDC is all 2 GHz duallies.
> >
> >Fwiw, at least one Apple sales feller at 1-800-MY-APPLE (or whatever
> >it is) has said that orders so far as "99% 2 GHz dual processor
> >Powermacs". Thought that was interesting. If only $1000 extra would
> >fall into my lap...
>
> Look under your brain. An Apple SALESMAN tells you 99% of sales are
> of the most expensive model. Gee, I *might* be skeptical.

You might be, but the clerks at the Apple Store don't get commission.

Frankly, it wouldn't surprise me. The people who are pre-ordering 2
months in advance are probably typical power users. And at $1999 for a
single G5/1.6 vs. $2999 for a dual G5/2.0 (and a better architecture to
boot), I certainly wouldn't be looking at the 1.6.

Now, once they've been shipping for a while and a wider range of users
start ordering, I would expect that the percentage of single processor
G5s they sell will increase.