lrbarrios wrote: > Sorry I left out some relevant specs... Duh... And, yes, I meant > Graphing Calculator. > > Both the PowerBook G3 and the Blueberry iMac G3 are running OS 9.2.2. > The PowerBook reports 192MB RAM while the iMac reports 160MB. Still, > the PB is only running at 266MHz and the iMac is running at > (supposedly) 333MHz. Someone said there is a way to change/fake the > reported clock speed in Open Firmware. How? I just saw OF for the > first time tonight when I started up into it on my 600MHz (Tiger) > Graphite iMac G3. Cool. Where can I find a list of commands > available for use in OF? Anyway, I've been reading Wikipedia and > think I've come to a definite answer as to what my PB is. The label > on the bottom of the machine says that it is 266MHz with 1MB L2 > cache. It has 2 expansion bays and a 14.1 TFT display powered by 4MB > video. It also says 64MB RAM. Everything (except for the upgraded > RAM) points to a Wallstreet-II, according to Wikipedia. Back to the > question at hand... Is the little bit of additional memory and the 1MB > L2 cache responsible for such a performance difference? I really > thought I was getting this PB just for sake of having one. Now it's > starting to look like I might actually be using it more that my > Blueberry despite the MHz difference!! I looked into XBench and > GeekBench, but they only run on OS X apparently. Is there another > bencher?
According to MacTracker that 333 MHz iMac has 512K cache so yes, that might account for the difference. Also, going from 266 MHz to 333 MHz is only an increase of 25%. That's not that big a jump, it's really just on the edge of perception. My Wallstreet was my first computer running OS X. I ended up using it more than my somewhat faster 7500, both because it was a laptop and because it was running X. BTW, MacTracker is generally considered the best source of info on Mac models. It's downloadable from www.mactracker.com. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
