Make sure you use the apple updater to get the latest drivers and everything. This won't hurt.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:09 AM, ./aal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Simon Royal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Alan >> >> The PowerBook has a 32MB AGP 4x ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, the eMac has >> a 32MB AGP 4x ATI Radeon 9200. >> >> In terms of drivers, well they are Macs running Leopard with built in >> drivers. >> >> The eMac has more RAM and about 60% more processor power. >> > Speed does not equal processor power > > A Ferrari is faster than a train, but which will get 100 tons of > freight coast to coast first? > > after some interesting reading I found your answer > the eMac(ppc 7447a) does not have L3 cache, the powerbook(ppc 7455) does > > The cpu speed only comes into play once the data is actually in the cpu > even though the emac has a substantially higher clock speed the > powerbook spends less time waiting for data to work on > even if you had a 40ghz cpu it would be slow if it took a second to > xfer data to the cpu > > here are some links if you are curious > > emac specs > http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/stats/emac_1.25.html > > powerbook specs > http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_867.html > > G4 cpu wiki > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_G4#PowerPC_7447.2F7457_.22Apollo_7.22 > > > cache wiki > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_cache > > > > -- > I'm a PC > AND I RUN LINUX!!! > > Dean Martin - "If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt." > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---