On Thursday, Mar 20, 2003, at 00:25 US/Pacific, Tom Burke wrote: > I'm wondering how surprised I am about this. Much of the difference > seems to be accounted for by the simple difference in CPU speed, which > is indeed 2x. You would expect memory to be faster on the 17", and the > disk looks to be about 50% quicker. But that isn't a great deal of > difference, all things considering.... I wonder how a G4-equipped Pismo > (or Lombard) would compare against, say, a 667 or 887 15" TiBook; it > would still only be 500Mhz, but you'd get the Altivec improvements. > There again, you're still hobbled by the old ATI Rage (Pro? 128?) > graphics card, so in that aspect of performance any TiBook (or AiBook) > ought to shine. > > Of course, these aren't real-world tasks. What's your subjective > feeling about comparative performance in actual work?
That the faster disk and extra 512MB are making more of an impact than CPU performance. Of course, I haven't done much real work with it yet. KeS -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
