On May 25, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Larry Stotler wrote: > Found this on eBay recently: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320531235320&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT > > Kinda pricy, but an interesting upgrade I think I've seen before. > Does anyone have any experience with this? Under OS @ or Linux?
Look more closely, this is NOT for a B&W, but is a processor slot upgrade for the *Beige* G3's. > Was > wondering how well the B&W was able to run 2 processors compared to > say a dual processor G4 system? Well, here's the Standard LEM Car Analogy: Imagine a Bugatti Veyron, one of the worlds fastest production cars, capable of a 250 mph top speed. Now take out the transmission and replace it with one from a John Deere riding mower (albeit a special one, made of unobtanium that wouldn't turn into powdered metal when you tapped the accelerator :-) You have two 500MHZ processors choked down by a 40 MHz bus. (iirc, maybe it' a 50 MHZ, it's been a long time since I looked at the beige specs...) It's fast but not nearly as fast as it's specs would indicate. The standard supported OSX on that one, 10.2 won't take too much advantage of the dual processors, so one will be idling almost all the time....the multiprocessor code in OSX didn't start to reach maturity until 10.4. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
