it could very well be true. as i recall, the pentiums 3 was actually slower than the pentium 2 at the same clock rate, some computer journalist suspected as much and deliberately underclocked a p3 to the same clock speed as a p2, and p3 was indeed slower than the p2 at the same clock rate! i hadn't heard about any law suits, i'm not sure what the basis would be other than someone claiming the p4 was "better" or "faster" than the p3, although it seems likely such claims would be made by intel and pc makers. like i said, the x86 architecture has been pushed too far and the newer pentiums are seriously hurt by the need to be backwards compatible with the older chips. the backwards compatibility makes some architectural changes nearly impossible, introduces major overhead for others, and likely totally neutralizes some improvements with code that has some of the "old" instructions in it, which are hard to weed out of mature applications like the os and many apps, or if older versions are run.
then again, most mac software still hasn't been recompiled to take advantage of all of the altivec units which potentially make many apps much faster. photoshop has of course been updated, but allot of other apps haven't been. Bruce Guthrie wrote: > > Well I have heard someplace that Intel was getting sued for the fact the > p4's aren't any better then the p3 which it replaced. But then hey M$ is > the OS so you tell me,,,,, ------- -- "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Helen Keller, American Blind/Deaf Author & Lecturer... -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
