> Most programs don't use 16GB of memory. In fact, most programs > don't use 0.5GB of memory, which makes the whole mention of > memory here a red herring. I was mostly thinking about a system > with Core Duo beating a system with G5, regardless of the > amount of memory in each.
Yes, but are you going to sell a flagship system that is a successor to your previous flagship as a 32-bit system that suppors far less memory than your previous flagship?
I just read a review of the Quad PowerMac and they do recommend it for their target audience.
They had a LightWave test on a 4Kx4K pixel image which should use up 64 MB per frame.