So my question, because I'm seriously considering this, because I like my Pismo and don't want a TiBook - will this do me any good? I can afford it a lot more than a new laptop, and I do a lot of things that would work better with a G4 - Photoshop, OS X, iTunes, iPhoto - and for sure it would beat the pants off of my 400Mhz G3. But is there a possibility of faster upgrades downstream?
Peter >> Anyone spring for one of these yet? I'm just wondering what kind of "real >> world" performance differences I could expect, not really running anything >> all that processor intensive outside of iTunes (yet). I wanna go for it, but >> part of me thinks it's just upgradeitis. > > I'm kind of curious about these also, but more out of an economic curiosity > stand point... The mac upgrade market will still be dead for a good while, > but I'm glad they're still making a go of it. > > You can pretty much figure out how the upgrades will perform by past > history, and your pismo's limitations. Battery life will be interesting, > though. > > Basically, look at the performance numbers for the blue and white and beige > G3's. Then look at how the performance increase of the G4 upgrades > comparable to Newer's offering. Take the percentage increase, and your > general performance increase will be that minus 15-25% in general (excepting > certain disk functions). You can get those benchmarks all over the web > (email me offlist and I'll send you to a bunch if you need). > > Remember that with the G4 there is a difference between processor intensive > and altivec intensive, and there are I/o issues. Sort of like how ripping > mp3's is a lot faster in the newer g4's if you just get a CDR and aren't > doing it on a superdrive (the superdrive is the bottleneck, not the > processor). -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
