On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:55:47 -0500 "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In 2002 Apple was shipping systems a heck of a lot faster than a > 500MHz G3. You also had the advantage of much faster silicon for your > north bridges as well, since you were comparing against circa-1999 > designs (Plus the fact that the B&W G3 had Apple's worst MB design, > non-DMA Firewire and all). > > And who cares if your board sold for half the price of a used G3. It > was a board only, that Used G3 had a whole lot more hardware. Also you It does not, good luck finding hardware that DOESN'T work on a peg. :) Infact, we even put an x86 emulator in the firmware so that ANY agp or pci video card worked. > could actually FIND a used Apple G3. I looked into the Pegasus back > then. It effectively wasn't available. Bought a B&W G3 instead, which > is happily still running well. Should upgrade the HDD's one of these > days. > > -Adam > > On 12/22/07, Polyhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:28:13 +0000 > > Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots. > > > > > > On 22/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > > > > > > >Well .. they are, in a way... but uhh... designed for idiots that buy > > > >hype over performance. > > > > > > Not only do I admit to being an idiot, but I also enjoy hype over > > > performance. > > > > > > My iPhone is absolute crap. > > > > > > My MacBook Pro is poor with Final Cut Studio, but oddly enough I get > > > paid to edit video, can't figure that one out. > > > > > > My Powerbook G3 (2000 vintage) is absolute rubbish, lasts only 9 hours > > > on two batteries, but I can hook up with my 3G card in most places in > > > the UK and get my email. > > > > > > I'm really pisspoor in not realising what insane purchasing decisions I > > > have made. > > > > > > I should be flagelated with the business end of a cattle prod. > > > > > > Poly wanna cracker? > > > > In 2002 I was working with a company called genesi on their then new > > Pegasus board. It was a standard MATX form PPC board with an open firmware > > system. During benchmarking, we found that our 500mhz g3 machine was 30% > > faster than apples g3 machines, all of them, and on top of that, ours sold > > new for the half the price of a used g3 machine! Apple boards are of poor > > design, with poor performing north bridges and a questionable dma > > controller. The pci bus is high in latency, so high, you can loose 10% of > > your performance just by using a pci card of any sort in one. > > > > I'll also never forgive apple for what they did to the clones, greedy > > bastards. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Cotty > > > > > > > > > ___/\__ > > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > > _____________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > Ben 'Polyhead' Smith > > KE7GAL > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Ben 'Polyhead' Smith KE7GAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
