Comments on: Moore’s Law is Dead

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By: Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:42:21 +0000

Points well taken Simon… I would confess that the headline was intended more to make a certain point, rather than really declaring the original axiom dead (it’s often been hijacked from the original premise, of which you are correct). And it’s that hijacked truism that I was referring to; being in the business for several decades I am observing that the actual real-life speed increases, which come from the collective aspects of computer design, are coming fewer and further between. And as far as the new Mac Pros, which are certainly great machines, if you believe the Apple benchmarks at face value, well… let’s just say marketing has a hand in the results and leave it at that.

By: Simon Ashby

Simon Ashby — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:41:31 +0000

Uhhh – Actually Moore’s law is alive and well.

Firstly, to be accurate, Moore’s law actually relates to the number of transistors in a given chip, not speed, however popular culture has related it to speed, and history has largely seems to agree.

Secondly, the GHz of a processor is roughly analogous to the RPM of a car engine, in a given engine, a fast rpm (or GHz) will provide more power output than a lower rpm. However you can still imagine that a Porsche at 3000 rpm, might be more powerful than a volvo at 3500 rpm…

The raw speed of a computer is measured by a number of components, including CPU speed, HDD speed, as well as OS and software efficiency, amongst other things.

If you look at the new 2009 Mac Pro, and compare it to the Early 2008 Mac Pro, you will see that the raw CPU power increase ranges from 150 to 190%.

Check out the benchmarks on the Apple site: http://www.apple.com/au/macpro/performance.html

Pretty much bang on target for Moore’s Law…

By: Anthony Sturrock

Anthony Sturrock — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:53:33 +0000

So true! I’m still using a 700MHz 14 inch G3 iBook – 1 of 3 Macs purchased from Powermax over the last decade (even though we live in New Zealand). The ram is maxed out, the hard drive doubled in size and thanks to your advice I’ve “tricked” it into running a Samsung 19 inch screen on 1440 x 900 resolution. A more recently purchased Toshiba laptop is not as flexible and won’t run the 1440 x 900 screen. The Mac may be old, and a little slow at times, but it pretty much handles everything I need for business and home use & I can use both screens at once! Keep promoting and selling Macs.

By: Dr. John Krause

Dr. John Krause — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:52:05 +0000

Your final remarks about longevity of Macs is most telling. I bought my first G3 laptop in 1999.(My first Apple product)
After years of faithful service,I gave it to my son for relatively simple needs. (E-mail,word,spreadsheets etc.) Ten years later, it is still growing strong.It has had a bump up in RAM to the max.(192 to 512) The 8 gig HD is now 60 gigs and the original battery has been replaced. It does handle OS X and I really did not notice that it was an antique!
During the past 10 years, i can’t even remember how many desktop and laptop PC’s that I went through in my medical practice. Moore’s law is somewhat irrelevant for me and the build and parts quality is more important. J. Krause

By: Katherine Anderson

Katherine Anderson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:01:53 +0000

Thanks PowerMax. I’m very happy with my little G4 Quicksilver, which I know I will at some point wish to trade in. I got it from you guys and it has been 100% problem free. Thanks again for being here!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:57:06 +0000

I just converted my dad from Linux (which he moved to 2 years ago to get rid of Windows) to a 6 year old PowerMac G4 with dual 1ghz processors. It is speed comparable to many current PC’s, supports Leopard, and he really loves it. Old Macs are still better than modern PC’s!

By: Tim Johnsrude

Tim Johnsrude — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:11:52 +0000

How true. I have 2 year old Macbook Pro I use for my photography obsession that works just as well now as it did the day I bought it. Solidly made. It makes most Windows laptops look like cheap disposables. My four year old Dell takes an eternity just to boot. The only reason that I keep it is to run an Access application that I built for a specific purpose. If there was a Mac version of Access, that Dell would become a charity donation almost immediately.