At 10:22 -0800 on 04/02/03, Ted Parks wrote: >After connecting both my Centris 650 and 7100/80 to DSL by ethernet, the >Centris seems to load web pages faster. The 7100/80 has only 16 megs of RAM,
Are they using identical browsers with identical RAM allotments? What OS are they running? >1) How much difference does the amount of RAM make in how quickly a machine >loads web pages, in particular, and how fast it runs other common >applications, in general? If both the Centris and the 7100/80 had equal RAM, >would the 7100 be noticeably faster? Depends a LOT on the browser and not as much as you might think on the CPU. >2) Knowing little about ethernet, my understanding is that the transceiver >on the 7100/80 only transmits data at the lower end of the 10/100 baseT >ethernet spectrum. Is it possible to get a NuBus card that would enable a >faster ethernet connection? Is the NuBus ethernet card I have in the Centris >faster than the built-in AAUI ethernet port in the 7100/80? It's very doubtful; there are few Macs before the PCI Power Macs that can fully utilise a 10/100Base-T connection because of their slow SCSI. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> _________________________________________________________________ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
