On Sep 30, 2008, at 3:07 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > Hi > > Interesting as I just did a similar machine comparison. > > PowerBook G3 400mhz, 1GB RAM, 40GB HD and Tiger vs iMac G3 500mhz, > 768MB RAM, 30GB HD and Tiger. > > The PowerBook left the iMac standing. It wasn't just slightly > faster, it wiped the floor at every task, from booting up, app > loading, file loading, web page loading. > > Strange.
How about some Xbench results? I suspect they'll be closer? The specs are nearly identical, I can't see where there'd be a big difference? As you say, strange, indeed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
