Hi Well I can vouch for that. PowerBook G3s handle much better than iMac G3s of the same spec.
I have both and will run XBench on them both. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: G3 Wall Street fast than iMac G3 From: Ashgrove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 01/10/2008 22:05 In my humble experience, a 333Mhz Lombard with 128Mb of memory runs circles around a 333Mhz flavor iMac with 256Mb of RAM, be it in OS 9 or Panther. I cannot fathom why, either. It would be interesting to see those Xbench results... Felix On Sep 30, 2:22 am, lrbarrios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may sound like a stupid question. I'm relatively new to all of > these 'new' Macs. I recently purchased some G3 iMacs (which claim to > be 333Mhz) and a G3 PowerBook 'Wall Street' (which is supposedly > 266Mhz). The PowerBook didn't come with a power adapter and I had to > purchase one from eBay. I had been playing around with the iMacs and > was getting used to their sluggishness. They work fine, they just > seem to be a bit slow on the video refresh. I expected even less from > the PowerBook since it was only a 266Mhz. Much to my surprise, the > PowerBook seems to run circles around the G3 iMacs. The Grapher > application is noticeably faster; way faster. Can anyone give me some > insight into why this is? One of the iMacs even has an upgraded video > adapter. Thanks. > > lrbarrios. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
