InfoWorld’s Tom Yager declares the Power Mac G5 “Apple’s best work yet” in his review of the new machine. “The Power Mac G5 desktop workstation presents the ideal balance of compatibility, performance, usability, and value,” he writes. “It has serious number-crunching capabilities, but this machine most clearly outshines Intel-based systems when performing complex operations on massive disk and/or RAM-based data sets.” Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Server also are rated “Excellent” by Yager.