Re: Pismo vs ibook?

[John Slavin]

I'm surprise no one has mentioned screen size.  I'm assuming the ibook 
has a 12" screen and I'm assuming that the pismo has a 14" screen.  I 
can tell you that from first hand experience that for ordinary web 
browsing, when I'm sitting on the couch at home with our ibook on one 
table and the old wallstreet on another, I'll grab the wallstreet every 
time, just for the 14" screen.  When you hit those mid 40's the eyes 
go, and it does make a difference.  So whoever first posted this 
question should consider this as well.

John Slavin
On Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 06:26  AM, Mikael Byström wrote:
Kyle Hansen said:
The bus speed is the same 100mhz.
Actually is is 66mhz and not 50mhz!
http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/ibook3.html
The system bus speed on a Pismo (powerbook FW2000) is most definitely
100MHz.  You are incorrect.
But it was the iBook 500 that was said to have a bus speed of 50Mhz, 
not
the pismo. The iBook 500 seem to have, as already have been stated, a
66Mhz bus. So the Pismo have faster bus.

I'm surprised noone mentioned the measly 256k Level 2 Cache that runs 
at
500Mhz in the iBook and compared that to the 1MB that runs at 250Mhz in
the Pismo (implying the 500 model). While slower, the extra 768K makes
the Pismo potentially faster.

Why don't you guys request a speed test at appropriate sites? Would be
interesting. I'd do it, but I'm waiting for other tests first.
--
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
---------------------------------------------------------------


John Slavin
Kirksville, MO
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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
---------------------------------------------------------------