On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Simon Royal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan > > The PowerBook has a 32MB AGP 4x ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, the eMac has > a 32MB AGP 4x ATI Radeon 9200. > > In terms of drivers, well they are Macs running Leopard with built in > drivers. > > The eMac has more RAM and about 60% more processor power. > Speed does not equal processor power
A Ferrari is faster than a train, but which will get 100 tons of freight coast to coast first? after some interesting reading I found your answer the eMac(ppc 7447a) does not have L3 cache, the powerbook(ppc 7455) does The cpu speed only comes into play once the data is actually in the cpu even though the emac has a substantially higher clock speed the powerbook spends less time waiting for data to work on even if you had a 40ghz cpu it would be slow if it took a second to xfer data to the cpu here are some links if you are curious emac specs http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/stats/emac_1.25.html powerbook specs http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_867.html G4 cpu wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_G4#PowerPC_7447.2F7457_.22Apollo_7.22 cache wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_cache -- I'm a PC AND I RUN LINUX!!! Dean Martin - "If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
