Re: whats best/???

[Mikael Byström]

Mikael, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>Well, it feels slow considering it has a 800Mhz G4, when the Pismo have a
>500Mhz G3. the difference in Cache memory, 768K,
Well, 512k to be exact.



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Re: whats best/???

[Mikael Byström]

John, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>And I don't understand why you would say that an 800 iBook 
>feels "slow". 
Well, it feels slow considering it has a 800Mhz G4, when the Pismo have a
500Mhz G3. the difference in Cache memory, 768K, is of course one
important part of the equation. I'd earlier say that the video advantage
of the iBook would have been the determinating factor, but as my 266Mhz
WS have a snappy interface with an equally unsupported (for hardware
acceleration) videocard, I do certainly doubt a Pismo would feel slower
than that.

As for Lombard, it's not a Pismo of course, but the GUI feeling from WS
and the Pismo gives me reason that a Lombard could compete with a 500Mhz
iBook.

>My 700 Icebook is very snappy with 640 mb RAM running 
>Panther. I have no complaints at all!
Good for you.



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Re: whats best/???

[Thomas Ethen]

That is a 66 Mhz bus for the iBook 500 and a 100 Mhz bus for the Pismo/
66/84 Mhz for the Lombard.

Tom

on 4/13/04 23:24, Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> The iBook 500 has a slow bus and seems slower than my Pismo 400 in almost
> every way.
> 
> Tom
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Re: whats best/???

[Thomas Ethen]

The iBook 500 has a slow bus and seems slower than my Pismo 400 in almost
every way.

Tom


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Re: whats best/???

[John]

On Apr 13, 2004, at 3:50 PM, Mikael Byström wrote:

Eugene, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

The iBook.  Newer and faster hardware.  Also, if you plan to use OS X,
the software DVD Player does not work on Lombard (only Pismo and 
newer,
i.e. any 'Book with built-in Firewire ports).
Given that 800Mhz iBooks feel slower GUI-wise than a Powerbook G3 
Pismo,
I certainly doubt what you're saying about the iBook is faster. Also 
who
needs DVDplayer when we have freeware VLC?
Xlr8yourmac probably have tests on all of these.
From my experience with VLC, I'd have to say it sucked compared with 
Apple's DVD Player. I tried it on my B&W 400 (512 mb RAM, Panther), and 
VLC was very jerky, constantly dropping frames. DVD Player works much 
better. And I don't understand why you would say that an 800 iBook 
feels "slow". My 700 Icebook is very snappy with 640 mb RAM running 
Panther. I have no complaints at all!

JR

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Re: whats best/???

[Mikael Byström]

Eugene, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>The iBook.  Newer and faster hardware.  Also, if you plan to use OS X,
>the software DVD Player does not work on Lombard (only Pismo and newer,
>i.e. any 'Book with built-in Firewire ports).

Given that 800Mhz iBooks feel slower GUI-wise than a Powerbook G3 Pismo,
I certainly doubt what you're saying about the iBook is faster. Also who
needs DVDplayer when we have freeware VLC? 
Xlr8yourmac probably have tests on all of these.



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Re: whats best/???

[darm0k]

At 05:45 PM +0100 04/13/2004, vicki duggan wrote:
what is the best overall system. for day to day use.

snow 500mhz 256 cache ibook 256 ram. dvd . 15gb hdd.

lombard 400mhz 1mb cache 320 ram dvd. 6gb hdd
I prefer the iBook too.  But I'd fik the snow case; too boring.

- Dan.

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Re: whats best/???

[Eugene Lee]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 05:45:35PM +0100, vicki duggan wrote:
: 
: what is the best overall system. for day to day use.
: 
: snow 500mhz 256 cache ibook 256 ram. dvd . 15gb hdd.
: 
: lombard 400mhz 1mb cache 320 ram dvd. 6gb hdd
: 
: let me know.

The iBook.  Newer and faster hardware.  Also, if you plan to use OS X,
the software DVD Player does not work on Lombard (only Pismo and newer,
i.e. any 'Book with built-in Firewire ports).


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Re: whats best/???

[geno]

I personally would go with the snow. You are getting a better screen. I have
owned both and the snow just seems faster then a G3 powerbook of the same
speed.

geno.

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whats best/???

[vicki duggan]

Hi all 

need advice.

what is the best overall system. for day to day use.

snow 500mhz 256 cache ibook 256 ram. dvd . 15gb hdd.

lombard 400mhz 1mb cache 320 ram dvd. 6gb hdd

let me know.

vicki

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