Re: Slow iBook G4 1Ghz (wife...)

2005-02-16 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Beniamino Cenci Goga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In general use it is hard to find any difference: for instance my wife cannot tell any difference and ... Hmm, not much of an argument... I have a really bad habit of swapping my Macs, as some of you know, and my wife is getting real pissed off with

Re: Slow iBook G4 1Ghz

2005-02-16 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
I have a huge PowerBooks collection: at least all form factor (1xx, 190, 520/540, 5300, 1400, 3400/3500, WS/lomb/Pizmo, Titan, Alum, iBooks (clamsh., withe). Well, I would like to bring my experience to this topic. Wallstreet 15", BlueChip 500 MHz, 512 MB RAM vs. iBook G4 14", 933 MHz 384 MB RAM

Re: Slow iBook G4 1Ghz

2005-02-15 Thread Nancy Lawrence
I too would really like to know about this. I recently acquired a G4 800mhz iBook and immediately upgraded it to a gig of RAM and I swear that it is slower at most tasks than my 400mhz Pismo, also with a gig of RAM. I really expected a big difference in speed and I just haven't seen it. Any

Slow iBook G4 1Ghz

2005-02-15 Thread Mikael Byström
About one year ago I had a Wallstreet II / PDQ 266 with 128MB RAM running Panther (I believe 10.3.5. and Jaguar 10.2.6 before that). I know this was too little, but unless I used very memory intensive apps it was OK. Now have encountered an iBook G4 1Ghz with 128MB running Panther 10.3.6 that is s