Apple's 17-inch Intel iMac reviewed
Well, they've officially hit the streets a-running; Apple's first round of Intel-based systems are making it through the review chain, and Ars Technica's already got a review up of the 1.83GHz Core Duo T2400-based iMac. It shouldn't come as any surprise that the Intel machine wiped the floor with its G5-based counterpart in many of the common-task benchmarks they ran, scoring between twenty and over 250% faster performing common tasks like compressing video and ripping CDs, but it looks like it's losing out big time in some Xbench tests and anywhere else Rosetta emulation was required for parity. They also gave XP and Vista a go on the box to see what they could see... and didn't have any luck getting it to install right off the bat. Still, all in all Ars seems to think the Intel iMac is a good buy even despite the lack of native-Intel apps for the platform right now, and they're predicting big success for Apple's big move.
[Via TUAW]
