Comments on: G5 vs. Intel iMac boot up time

By: Silver Mac » Blog Archive » MacMini Dual Core start up time

Silver Mac » Blog Archive » MacMini Dual Core start up time — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:50:45 +0000

[...] Earlier this year someone posted a video comparing G5 and intel iMacs, booting next to each other where G5 was very slow. This has prompted me to run my own test on my 20″ G5 iMac which showed that G5 in that video was seriously below it’s normal performace. Here is the article I posted in January. Basically, the G5 iMac in that video was a real dog, booting in 98 seconds while Intel iMac booted in 37.9 and my G5 iMac booted in 40.8 sec. A few other tests suggested boot times very close to my results but I’ve also seen a few people in forums claiming their Intel iMac boots in just under 30 seconds. I haven’t got any Intel iMac to try to replicate that. [...]

By: carlosTSR

carlosTSR — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:13:21 +0000

i own an imac g4, 800 mhz, 512 mb, macOsX tiger 10.4.5. The system boot in about 45 seconds completely (ready to use).

By: Doogen

Doogen — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:46:39 +0000

My old iMac G3 400mhz Boots 10.4.4 faster than that G5 in the video so the video is obviosly bunk.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:39:17 +0000

Boot – Smoot:)

How fast a computer boots is really rather insignificant. Every time I get a new computer (it’s always a Mac) the first thing I do is boot PhotoShop, and then apply some rather heavy filters, just for fun. Loading a system is a labor-intensive task for a computer but when we use the computer it’s on. If you really want to check the speed difference between the two models the test needs to be done using real world applications (PhotoShop, Word, Flash, etc.) because that is all that really matters. There are several other system nuances that must also be addressed – what start-up items are active, OS version, RAM, processor settings, and when the computer was last updated (first boot after an update or new software install is always slower). Even an application comparison would not be accurate right now because most applications made for the Mac OS are not Intel Core Duo native and run using a background support application called Rosetta. And that’s my 2 cents.

By: uomolinux

uomolinux — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:37:54 +0000

I got my new iMac 5 days ago, this morning I shut it down and I rebooted it, 31 sec later it was on. My configuration : iMac core duo 1.83Ghz, 512MB RAM, 160GB HD. Impressive but I’m still waiting to 0s boot time, understood Steeve? ;-)

By: Alien

Alien — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:04:31 +0000

“Who turns their computer off?”

Any person how cares about the future of his childrens …

By: Ivan Minic

Ivan Minic — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:03:24 +0000

Quite interesting data about this.. especially My G5..

By: Liquidmark

Liquidmark — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:07:57 +0000

oop! forgot to mention that my machine has a 400 mhz G3…

To the PC lurkers out there. You know you really want a Mac. Come on, admit it. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be lurking around Mac users who’re talking about macs. I don’t lurk on the PC boards. Why? Because I hate PC’s and Windows! I use them every day at work and they suck royal. They don’t just suck they gargle with it and spit it right into my face! They only make my job that much harder…

Think I’ll just buy a Mini and take it to work with me. Ought to improve my productivity quite a bit…

By: Liquidmark

Liquidmark — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:50:08 +0000

Blue and white G3 tower!

512 MB of ram!!

Mutiple Hard Drives!!!

45 seconds from power on to ready to go!!!!

My mac at home…

That G5 is obviously broken or something. Anyone that believes that it’s normal for a G5 takes that long to boot is a serious TECH ‘TARD. I mean really, the bigest thing that I’ve seen going for the core duo is that it’s a 32 bit processor that doesn’t run as hot as the 64 bit G5. Because of this, it can be dual core (kind of) and be put into small cases without blowing all of your capacitors out.

Anyone wanna benchmark a 2.0 Gig Core Duo vs a 2.0 Gig dual core G5? I’ll bet the intel processor won’t find it so easy to wipe the floor with the G5 then.

Don’t get me wrong, I think there are many advantages to using a Intel chip. Also, I think that this is a real good opportunity for Jobs to grind the competition into a fine powder, If he playes his cards right.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, Intel does not make the best processors, by far. But hey, as long as my computer doesn’t start picking up bad PC habits (Like dying on startup and hardware that doesn’t work on retail machines), then I’m cool with whatever Apple has in mind.

By: Alex Santos

Alex Santos — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:35:37 +0000

Clearly the intel mac is fast and it’s also clear that the G5 imac in that video has some clear issues. Did you notice how long it stayed black for?

The guys who made that video were playing a prank if you ask me.

They probably know nothing about macs to begin with. Quite honestly my eMac G4 boots twice as fast as the iMac G5 they had in that video…what a joke.

With that said the Intel based iMac does boot fast and so does are properly maintained iMac G5.