On Mar 2, 7:32 pm, Nestamicky <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/2/10 7:31 PM, tortoise wrote:> generally windows and linux are faster > than macOS. If linux, flash is > > problematic for powerpc but conversion speed is very good. > > Clarification, please. How do you support this claim.
Well I run linux on the same computer and it is faster. I do run a stripped down desktop, IMHO it is the user interface goodies that slow down MacOS X. Others say so too. Funny tho it appears even more true for command-line unix (Terminal) programs which don't use the UI, but I guess it is still there of course. One could experiment with that by starting up a desktop machine headless and logging in from a terminal on another machine. I run a general powerpc version of linux -- It could be a lot faster with a g4 only distribution as newer GNU compiler suite version 4.5 includes many automatic optimizings for altivec. however I do use libfreevec which replaces the standard C library with hand coded altivec usage. Research codes I use the makers tell you its quite a bit faster for linux or windows, that's their experience. So its not as some people claim that the apps are optimized for windows, its actually the operating system. However linux is a lot slower than it used to be, like everything else the complexity of the software grows as fast as the newer machine speedups, so slowing down an old machine (and the new ones too) As far as the specific conversion speeds, well I just built ffmpeg on my macbook leopard and it converts about as fast as the pismo. Noting that ffmpeg has I think altivec code, like vlc (which is why vlc is 2x faster than quick time player ). If done well that can make 1ghz g4 as fast as 2ghz Intel Dual core. (2x2=4=4x1), as long as memory speed is not a bottleneck.... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
