>> 533333332 on my 867 Mhz 12¨Power book. Strangely it is the same whether >> I run on battery or plug-in. >> >> I've check my energy saving settings and it is supposed to run at >> maximum processor performance when plug-in and minimal when on battery. >> Still the speed is the same. >> >> Can it be a bug in the power management software? >> >>> Hmmm.. 533333332 on a 867 Mhz 12" Powerbook. >>> > It could well be a bug. So far, I haven't seen, I think, any PowerBook at > less than 1GHz reporting the correct speed. Don't know if there is some > relation with the speed and the revisions of the various models. It's like > the CPU temperature. Some models won't report accurate readings while others > will...
This was debated before, and I can't remember what the outcome was. HOWEVER I moved to a G4/1Ghz a few months back and was disappointed by the performance, it seemed no faster than my previous G4/667 GE. I ran Xbench and got a mate with a G4/800 iBook to do the same - on Xbench his was out performing mine. Processor speed was showing mine as a 667 - which is I believe the slowed processor speed on the 1Ghz - on both battery and mains. I slipped a new HD in and did an install of OS X and the speed improvement was dramatic, Xbench figures were now much higher than the iBook and the speed was now shown as 1Ghz. The only thing I can think of was the HD had been moved from the previous 667 without a reinstall and I wondered if in some way the processor speed was fixed at the lower speed as a result of this. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
