--- Tim Maloney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Settle a bet. I was telling a friend of mine, who > started with macs when the > Power Mac7100s came out, that the 840s were actually > faster than the first > Power Macs. Apple went the way of the PPC because > they knew faster speeds > were more attainable with the PPC architecture than > with 68k, but those > first attempts weren't quite there, as nice as they > were. > > What do you think Vintage Mac'ers?
If you're pitting a Quadra 840AV VS a 60Mhz PowerMac 6100, both running System 7.5... I'd put money on the Quadra beating the 6100 at some things. But with Mac OS 8.1, the 6100 should be ahead since there's little 68k code left in the OS for a PPC to choke on. Of course 8.1 for the 040 is all 68k code, which the 040 is designed to tun. It'd be a tougher fight with the 840AV VS a 66Mhz 6100. That's an extra 6 million "ticks" a second, which at those speeds is quite a difference. (Plus the advantage of the faster speeds of the bus and many other parts.) Fer example, there were [EMAIL PROTECTED] teams in the first round running 60/66Mhz PowerMacs and 60/66Mhz original Pentiums. I dunno how much faster the 66Mhz 601 could process a unit, but I know that overclocking a 60Mhz Pentium to 66Mhz would finish a unit in 12% less time. That's going from just barely finishing a unit in the alloted time to finishing a unit with a comfortable margin. Same deal with the 601 chip. 60Mhz was just barely fast enough. It will be total Fandemonium, Summer 2005! Check website for further info. http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
