victoria > I have a chance to add a PB3400C to my (already too large) collection of > Macs at a reasonable price. I've never used a '3400 and I was curious as to > how the speed of one with 32mb of ram would compare to my trusty old > Powerbook 5300 CS with 40MB ram. > > Considering the fact that the 3400 has a 180 mhz processer compared to 100 > in the '5300, plus a faster bus and a backside cache I would think it would > be quite a bit faster? Has anyone actually used both machines that could > give me some type of a percentage difference? I'm just trying to determine > if I can justify the 3400 as a backup computer to my main laptop which is > the Ibook clamshell 300 mhz at this point. > > Thanks! > I have used both and i would say that the 3400 should be about 4 x as fast as the 5300 in everything. depending on what os you use.
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