On Apr 19, 2004, at 1:35 PM, Rex Baldazo asked: > How big of a leap forward in performance is a G4 over the G3? I've got > an old 600 MHz. G3 iBook and I am just wondering how big a step up is > the new 1.2 GHz G4 iBooks?
It's a function of what you're asking the box to do. I jump between my wife's iBook/G3/700 and my Powerbook/G4/1G quite often. For ordinary things, such as browsing, e-mail and word processing, I really don't notice much difference because the machines are waiting for me or the network most of the time. I do notice a difference in things like computing transitions between clips in iMovie and graphics in programs like Mathematica and Canvas. The most bothersome difference between the two machines is that the iBook has much better wireless range. This is probably because the aluminum case on the PowerBook is a better shield than the plastic case on the iBook. It also matters which way the PowerBook is facing, when at the edges of its range. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
