On Saturday, Mar 22, 2003, at 00:55 US/Pacific, Tom Burke wrote: > > On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > >> Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory >> operations >> close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. >> >> KeS >> >> Pismo: >> > > Did you read the 867 Mhz 12" PB review in April MacWorld? They compared > it with the 867 15", 1Gb 15", and 800 Mh iBook. The PB ran a little bit > slower than than the 867 15", and that difference would be accounted > for by the different cacheing arrangements. But what was most > interesting was how much faster, on suitable tasks (Photoshop tasks, > iMovie rendering, MP3 encoding) all the g4 were than the G3 iBook - 3 > time quicker in the case of the Photoshop tasks. That's where the > benefit of the G4 lies, not in day-to-day browsing/ emailing/ wp, etc. > > Tom Burke
Yes, I posted a followup where I said that I hadn't done any real work with the computer yet. I bought it for doing digital processing in Photoshop, another reason that the defective pixels are a royal PITA. There were Altivec numbers listed in the Xbench detail. KeS -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
