Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-22 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Saturday, Mar 22, 2003, at 00:55 US/Pacific, Tom Burke wrote: > > On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > >> Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory >> operations >> close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. >> >> KeS >> >> Pismo: >> > > Did you rea

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-22 Thread Tom Burke
On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory operations > close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. > > KeS > > Pismo: > Did you read the 867 Mhz 12" PB review in April MacWorld? They compared it with the 867 15", 1G

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-21 Thread Steve Fuller
> > >The information that I have states that pre orders are going to take until >mid-to-late April to finish shipping. Then the normal orders will ship and >stores will start stocking them. > > That gives me some idea, but I am hoping that Apple states something along the lines of "1,000,000 cu

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-21 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/21/03 1:25 AM, "Steve Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: >> >> >> You probably would've been extremely happy with a 15" and it would be in >> your hot little hands right now ;-) >> >> > That thought has crossed my mind. However, I have Alpha Geek status that >

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-20 Thread Steve Fuller
You probably would've been extremely happy with a 15" and it would be in your hot little hands right now ;-) That thought has crossed my mind. However, I have Alpha Geek status that I need to uphold. :) I guess the money sits in the account and earns a meager bit of interest for anot

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-20 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/20/03 10:45 AM, "Steve Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Kevin Stevens wrote: > >> That the faster disk and extra 512MB are making more of an impact than >> CPU performance. Of course, I haven't done much real work with it yet. >> >> > Glad you received yours Kevin

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-20 Thread Steve Fuller
Kevin Stevens wrote: That the faster disk and extra 512MB are making more of an impact than CPU performance. Of course, I haven't done much real work with it yet. Glad you received yours Kevin. I'm still waiting here. ETA of 4/15 now. If I wasn't so convinced that switching platforms was th

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-20 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Thursday, Mar 20, 2003, at 00:25 US/Pacific, Tom Burke wrote: > I'm wondering how surprised I am about this. Much of the difference > seems to be accounted for by the simple difference in CPU speed, which > is indeed 2x. You would expect memory to be faster on the 17", and the > disk looks to b

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-20 Thread Tom Burke
On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory operations > close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. > > KeS > I'm wondering how surprised I am about this. Much of the difference seems to be accounted for by the simpl

17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-19 Thread Kevin Stevens
Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory operations close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. KeS Pismo: Results 46.22 System Info Xbench Version 1.0b5 System Version 10.2.3 Physical RAM