speaking from expeirience...A whole lot! I went from an OC'd 300/350 to 
a G4/466 and I can even leave the genie on. It's well worth it.

Mikeal
On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 01:06  AM, Richard Reed wrote:

> The subject line sums it up pretty clearly.  I think a more appropriate
> question is 'Just how much of Mac OS X itself will benefit from the 
> Altivec
> instructions?'  I want to know if the extra $50 (roughly) is really used
> that extensively in OS X, since the G4 is pretty much a G3 with Altivec
> instructions and a better FPU.
>
> Give me your opinions!  :)
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