On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Clyde Kahrl wrote: > It's really hard to compare G4s to P3s because of the intervention of > things like operating systems, software, buses, disk drives, and so > forth.
Sure, understood. the "Apples to Oranges" does apply... > A long time ago, a P3 had to be almost double the clock speed of a G3 > to be equal (in some things). When the P4s came out, they had to be > double the speed of a P3 to compete with the P3! You lost me there in that last sentence. Did you mean P4 or G4? I think you meant "When the G4s came out they had to be double the speed of the P3 to compete with the G4" > So a 1.2Ghz G3 should be 4 times faster than the 600Mhz P3, and for a > few things, the G4 will be maybe 10 times faster on some things. > But this all depends on cache size, and location and a bunch of other > things---like your disk drive. The different G4 laptops have > different speeds unrelated to the chip speeds. > If you have a 600MhzG3 650Mhz Pentium3 actually > it's probably really old, and so everything on > the new machine will be a lot better in every way. The machine is 4 years old (or will be in July) running WindowsXP with all the eye candy turned off. > Check out XLR8 your mac. As a place to buy a mac or are you suggesting their products? Sorry, my brain is still a bit lagged I fear. Thanks for your time TjL -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
