On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:55:56PM -0600, Robyn Lyons wrote: > You could say the same thing about the new machines, but they just > brought out an 800MHz G4 upgrade for PCI power macs. Take a 33MHz 68k
A PCI machine has far more I/O bandwidth than a 68k Mac, and it's also true of them that there is a point of diminishing returns on what a CPU upgrade will get you. My Mac IIci has a Radius Thunder Precision Color X24 graphics card. A 220MHz CPU would likely spend a lot of time waiting for nubus to send data to that card, and for the card to handle it. I'd definitely have to get a faster video card to see huge increases in UI speed. I'd still like to have one, but you don't want to get the idea that it will make a Mac IIci almost ten times faster. The limitations of this machine are everywhere, not just the CPU. It's really too bad, because one reason I like machines like the Mac IIci is because they are so small. I wish they still made computers this small, and I mean in a more practical form than the Cube. Even the smallest PC Cubes are larger (and very hot and they run Windows), and the bookshelf systems are junk. This is why I keep holding on to my "ancient" pizza-box Sun workstations and a Mac IIci machine. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
