On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 10:05 PM, "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting Jim Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Isn't that the truth. As switcher who came from IBM OS/2 -> >> i386 Redhat Linux -> Yellow Dog Linux on a Wallstreet -> >> Mac OS X on a TiBook 400 there is no doubt in my mind >> that the Mac OS X implementation of BSD is as great Unix >> system as I've ever worked on. >> lot of non-geeks seem to like it too, so go figure... >> > Jim, > > I'd be interested to know your opinion of the speed and behaviour of > OS X on > the 400MHz tiBook, I'll be in the market for either a iBook or tiBook > in April > and my choices are 800MHz combo drive 12" iBook (new) or 400MHz > tiBook. For > reference in NZ, they work out about the same price (NZ$3300). The 15" > screen > appeals, but does 400MHz cut it? Dan's comments in recent articles > infer its > getting a bit slow. ( I used to run 10.0.3 on a 233MHz wallstreet and > didn't > mind the lack of speed). I'm a *nix geek by trade, and it'll be > php/mysql, > browsers and odd dabbles with Dreamweaver. 400 mhz on a TiBook will be quite good enough for you if you were ok with 10.0.3 on a 233 mhz G3. 10.2 is a lot faster than 10.0, by a noticeable margin. When I upgraded a machine from 10.1.5 to 10.2 it felt like I got an extra 50 mhz or so bump. I'm running 10.2 quite happily on a 466 MHz G4 upgraded Beige G3, and the bus speed of the TiBook is a fair bit faster than this thing, having worked on one at work. OSX does use the Altivec on the G4 to speed things up, and that 15" screen is really nice. The iBook will feel faster than the Ti in a head to head, but it won't be 2X like the CPU speed comparison implies. > -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
