Original message: Received from Jefferis Peterson on 24/6/03 at 12:38 pm >Just an simple observation. I moved from a G3 266 to a G4 500 and noticed a >bump in improvement but nothing outrageous. I wouldn't even consider a G4 >1400 upgrade unless I was heavy into video work and 3D rendering or >continuously using large files in Pshop. I am content to wait till the next >real screaming speed increase before upgrading.
Yeah, well, it looks like this IS the real screaming speed increase. I was emailing a tech-savvy friend of mine (I wouldn't know backside cache from my backside) and speculating how nice it would be to be able to swap my 500 MHz DP for a 2GHz DP and get a 4-5x speed increase. He said, "no, you don't get it; the change in chip architecture means that the 2GHz DP won't be 4 times as fast as yours, it'll be somewhere around 10-15 times faster than my current one". I *do* continuously use large photoshop files -- I can't wait to get one of these beasts; I'm not sure I can restrain myself to give them 6 months breaking-in/shakedown time. Okay, enough. I was a bit cheeky to start this as a thread on the PM list, but hey, it's the big news for all mac users. Saving money hard... Rick ----------- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS X 10.2.6 :: 768 MB RAM PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode <www.sharkattack.co.uk>
