On Jan 2, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Steve R wrote: > It appears from your answer that a 2.4 GHz PPC would be > slower than a 2.4 GHZ Intel, with the same "universal" application ?
This is true. OS X is optimized from the very beginning for the Intel (CSIC) CPU and not the PPC (RISC) CPU. When OS X runs on a PPC chip there's about a 10% wasted cycle hit based upon the CISC optimization. See:<http://unsanity.org/archives/000044.php> Benchmarks run on similar speed CPUs show the PPC being hampered worse in Leopard than in Tiger. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
