How do you quantify "1/2 of the speed"?  Console scrolling?  I know that 
console is very slow on PPC, mostly because there is no hardware support of 
text in the
Framebuffer (as I understand it).

With accelerated X the X server speed is quite good.

Have you tested integer and fpu throughput?

Hugh

Shiryu wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have powerbook 333Mhz, and it runs like 1/2 of the speed of my PII 400 Mhz, 
> wasnt G3 supose to be much faster? ( I tested compilations on Debian, using 
> time command).
>
> can someone explain me? I am testing this laptop. is not mine yet, but its a 
> great deal.
>
> I apreciated some advice. thanks.
>
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