Re: eMac vs PowerBook - iTunes Visualiser
Hi Apple Updater? Are you talking about Software Update or is there something else I am missing? Simon On 8 Dec 2008, at 02:31, Kyle Parish wrote: 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. --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: eMac vs PowerBook - iTunes Visualiser
At 3:57 PM + 12/8/2008, Simon Royal wrote: It is accessing 25000 mp3s on a hard drive in a firewire case. However, when I use the PowerBook it is connecting wirelessly via the eMac to the firewire drive and it works fine. Would have thought the wireless connecting would have slowed it down but it runs better than it does on the eMac. Again, you're jumping to conclusions with no evidence. What does Activity Monitor show? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Worth Upgrading the Tiger?
Charles Lenington wrote: Kyle Parish wrote: Has anyone tried PCLinuxOS? My friend has it on his PC and says it is the best one. I have copies of UbuntU and Red Hat if anyone wants one. I'm interested in both. Still have your paypal account for shipping? Charles Lenington po Box 418 Paden, OK 74860 rats! going to stop replying to email in the middle of the night, Thought I took this off list but I must of missed. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Worth Upgrading the Tiger?
John source level binary=cpu spec code source = language spec code some apps dont cross arch barriers but generally any Linux source will compile on any Linux arch and if you dont want to compile you can usually find a bin for whatever arch you need On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:27 PM, John Hokanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Yeah, I have the Indigo Blue 350Mhz (slot loading). Those didn't have Firewire for some stupid reason. Anyhoo, I just upgraded the RAM in this thing to 384 megs, so I should be a bit better off if I want to run Tiger in the future. I'm intrigued with Linux, but are the programs source-level compatible or binary-level compatible? Reason I ask is that I don't want it to limit my choices if it won't run applications that will run on the x86 flavor of Linux. Thanks for the help. - John -- I'm a PC AND I RUN LINUX!!! Vince Lombardi - If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Backup Medium Advice
At 10:42 AM -0800 12/8/2008, Al Poulin wrote: On Dec 8, 10:36 am, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But keep in mind, if this is a drive to be used as BACKUP then it should NOT be plugged into your Mac when not in use! The POINT of a backup to be *disconnected* from the source when the catastrophe happens! Also, I would want to pull its power plug off the UPS like I could do with a LaCie Tsunami SCSI drive. I'm not so worried about power problems spiking thru a UPS. But if the drive is powered and connected to an interface, it can be hozed. Or even spun up and erased. But I think I have read about a user problem with shutting the new LaCie down completely. There is no power swtich. There is a weird procedure that is not as simple as dismounting the drive from the Desktop and then pulling the plug? Never heard of this. My La Cie drives all have power switches. Either way -- dismount the drive, it spins down, then disconnect it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
