Jobs ain't no liar
When Steve Jobs got on stage for the Macworld 2006 keynote, he said the new Intel iMacs are 2 - 3 times faster than the former G5 models. Obviously no one took those numbers seriously, because the benchmark focused on the overall ability of the processor itself without any other performance-affecting factors, like the amount of RAM, hard drive speed, etc. Anyone with any sense would know how to put those SPEC numbers into perspective.
Which is exactly why long-time Mac friend Paul "If 5 is greater than 2, then 2 must be less than 5!" Thurrott seems to have missed the point completely. He accuses Jobs of "lying" about the speed of the new iMacs, using Macworld benchmarks and his own experience to claim that they are nowhere near "2 - 3 times faster."
Just for the record: Jobs is not lying, he's using real, tested numbers in an obfuscating way. Yes, I'm fiddling with semantics, but honestly: Accusing a CEO of "lying" when he's not is not just wrong, it's downright libelous.
To be fair, though, Thurrott does accurately nail the "point" of the switch to Intel: "...you shouldn't get too caught up in unimportant measurements, charts, and anecdotal evidence," he writes. "The new Macs are better than the old Macs. And they're just going to keep getting better. That's good news, not bad."
