On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: > > Erm... I have to disagree with that. >> >> I put 10.5 on my mom's P4 Dell with a 2.8GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM. It's way >> more responsive than my 1GHz single MDD and about equal to my dual 1GHz MDD. >> >> And... flash video is actually watchable and doesn't max out the CPU. >> > > I'll second that. In my experience with OS X, a P4 beats a G4, but this is > an OS X & Flash thing, not a P4 vs. G4 thing. The G4 is the better/faster > CPU. But OS X is optimized for CISC CPUs like the P4, so when it was ported > from Next to Apple the upshot was that about 10-15% of OS X cycles are > totally wasted on a RISC CPU like the G4. See:< > http://unsanity.org/archives/000044.php> (note: this posting correctly > foresaw the switch from PPC to Intel CPUs by Apple several YEARS in advance > of the announced changeover.) > > When comparing a P4 vs. G4 with OS X a fairer comparison would be comparing > 10.5.8 on the P4 vs. 10.4.11 on the G4. Perhaps if both the P4 and G4 were > running 10.4.11 the G4 might even win, as it should. > > _________________________________________ > An astute and fair assessment kris. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com /in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
