Hello, On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 13:32, Graham Perrin wrote: > Rob Stearn wrote: > > Sorry just to check: > > Mac mini circa 1995? > > MacBook Pro circa 1996? > > > > Sure about that? > I was exactly ten years out. Just checking that you're paying attention :)
Last time I really analyzed these systems (2002) the PPC had about 8X the memory bandwidth capability of the Intel architecture. So I would expect a memory intensive application to run about 8X faster on that older architecture. Like the old betamax story, the better technology doesn't always win, that is particularly true of the Wintel consortium, they just take over by making mediocrity ubiquitous. Apple switched to Intel for part availability, not because it was better hardware. If you compare the memory performance of your circa 2002 2.0Ghz Intel Xeon processor you'll find it about 4X faster than the shiny new Core Duo you just bought. Marketing works. HTH, William. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list unsubscribe here: http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users Chandler wiki: http://chandlerproject.org/wikihome
