Apple Power Mac Desktop M8361LL/A (Dual 800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive)

Apple Power Mac Desktop M8361LL/A (Dual 800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive)
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Product Type: Personal Computer

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Check out a performance evaluation using a real-world application. Apple compared the Power Mac G4 to a 3GHz Pentium 4-based PC, using nine commonly used actions and filters that stress overall system performance - including processor, memory, system bus and hard drive - in Photoshop.The result? The dual 1.42GHz Power Mac G4 is 32 percent faster than the fastest PC on the market with a 3GHz Pentium 4 processor. Fact is, even the dual processor 1.25GHz Power Mac G4 system outperform the Pentium 4 by 23 percent. How, you might ask, can even the Power Mac G4 outperform a PC with a Pentium 4 processor running at more than twice the megahertz? It's further proof that megahertz alone is a poor indicator of real-world system performance, particularly when comparing different overall system architectures. You do the math.
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If you're looking for the ultimate graphics, multimedia, or publishing system, this dual-processor Power Mac could be the ticket. Its two 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processors put an astounding amount of computing power at your fingertips, and its standard 256 MB of RAM is expandable to a generous 1.5 GB. An 80 GB hard disk drive offers plenty of room for space-gobbling graphics and multimedia, and the built-in SuperDrive lets you read and write both CDs and DVDs. The graphics card is an nVidia GeForce2 MX that can simultaneously support both a Mac and PC (VGA) monitor. USB, FireWire, gigabit Ethernet, and modem ports are all standard. The system includes both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, plus Apple software like iDVD that lets you edit your own movies and burn them to a recordable DVD disc.

Average customer rating:

Works great
Bad Computers
Schwing!
PENTIUM MATT
This is a Dream Machine

Apple Power Mac Desktop M8361LL/A (Dual 800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive)

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
ProductGroup: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers

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Targus PA235U Universal Monitor Stand - Black
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ASIN: B00005NK39

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If you're looking for the ultimate graphics, multimedia, or publishing system, this dual-processor Power Mac could be the ticket. Its two 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processors put an astounding amount of computing power at your fingertips, and its standard 256 MB of RAM is expandable to a generous 1.5 GB. An 80 GB hard disk drive offers plenty of room for space-gobbling graphics and multimedia, and the built-in SuperDrive lets you read and write both CDs and DVDs. The graphics card is an nVidia GeForce2 MX that can simultaneously support both a Mac and PC (VGA) monitor. USB, FireWire, gigabit Ethernet, and modem ports are all standard. The system includes both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, plus Apple software like iDVD that lets you edit your own movies and burn them to a recordable DVD disc.

Product Description

Check out a performance evaluation using a real-world application. Apple compared the Power Mac G4 to a 3GHz Pentium 4-based PC, using nine commonly used actions and filters that stress overall system performance - including processor, memory, system bus and hard drive - in Photoshop.The result? The dual 1.42GHz Power Mac G4 is 32 percent faster than the fastest PC on the market with a 3GHz Pentium 4 processor. Fact is, even the dual processor 1.25GHz Power Mac G4 system outperform the Pentium 4 by 23 percent. How, you might ask, can even the Power Mac G4 outperform a PC with a Pentium 4 processor running at more than twice the megahertz? It's further proof that megahertz alone is a poor indicator of real-world system performance, particularly when comparing different overall system architectures. You do the math.

Customer Reviews:

Works great.......2003-12-02

We have 3 of these that we use for our college newspaper. They work great because each one has zip drives in them and we don't have to worry about the format of the disk. We can just take the disk from computer to computer, which makes sharing and transferring graphics much easier.

One problem that I seem to have is, being used to my HP Pavilion, I will click on the X on the left, but I forget to close the program. After crashing the computer a few times, I learn my lesson.

Bad Computers.......2002-02-14

Mac user for 6 years bought 2 dual 800 end of Sept. and within in a month both machines had processors replaced. Started to work on them again and the logic board went out. Apples respones to this was give me 2 more 800, NO THANK YOU! After a couple of weeks delay were not going to chance it and Apple says to bad. Guess the attorney is going to make some money.

Schwing!.......2002-02-07

I've had this baby for about 4 months now... what a delight. Adjacent to my G4 is a Dell 1.3ghz Pentium III. The clock speed means nada. I fire them up at the same time each morning and about a full minute after the Mac is busy opening applications for me, the Pentium is just starting to show the icons on the desktp. As chip architecture gets improved, you're going to see the Win-Tel crowd also saying that "clock speed doesn't matter" because newer Intel chips will be rated at 300mhz, but be faster than the 1.3gig P3 chips.

To compare a Mac and a Wintel machine is like comparing a pick axe to a chainsaw. Each have their uses, levels of complexity and levels of simplicity.

The dual processor won't do you a heck of a lot of good if you never use OS X. Only a couple of OS 9 apps utilize the dual processors.... OS X is all over that bad boy.

For now, I still work 90% of the time in Classic mode, but this machine still sings. I haven't had one lock-up or crash since I bought this computer. The standard keyboard has been improved and fits normal human adult hands. The power key on the keyboard has been replaced by an eject key, and next to that are "volume up," "volume down," and "mute" buttons for quick volume access.

The CPU is beautiful, stylish and easy to carry. The built-in speaker is classy and delivers decent sound for an internal speaker.

If you're a grahic artist, designer or web developer, this is the machine for you. Using programs like Photoshop and Illustrator in a Windows environment is just clumsy and awkward... graphics programs are meant to run on a Mac.

This is also the best choice for those wanting to create their own movies, CDs, mp3 collections and DVDs. No extra hardware or software to buy... just plug in your camcorder, CD or mp3 player and go! Easy, trouble free, and Koko the Gorilla could add RAM to this machine... no screwdrivers... just open up the latch and snap in your memory. This is the best computer I've ever used.

PENTIUM MATT.......2002-01-25

obviously matt's head has been spining in the pentium world for too long. matt, do you own a mac? no? i didn't think so. just b/c it says 2Ghz on the label doesn't mean that it runs 2Ghz when you need it.

This is a Dream Machine.......2002-01-14

This Machine is a Dream! The only thing that might be better is the Dual 800 MHZ machine that cost considerably more.
With the super drive, made by Pioneer by the way, you can turn and burn anything. Apple SHOULD have made this DVD-RW but locked that out with the firm ware provided.
The Drive is a CD-RW/DVD-RW made by pioneer and in a pc would do just that. Why Apple chose to lock out this feature is just what keeps "The Mac from being on every desk top in America! No logic to it!!
The Power Mac Quick Silver is a Mercedes Benz in the computor world. Sleek, pretty, and worth the money. A Graphic generating Machine! I use it for Digital video. I am satisfied that I bought one. There is something about having a top of the line machine that you can not explain unless you have one. It's a feeling of being able to do anything . Its Great!!

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