On 20 Mar 2005, at 22:44, Tim Maloney 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?
OS-wise I find 8.1 is about the same speed on equivalent 68k vs. 601 rigs. 33MHz 040 (LC575) is about the same as 66MHz 601 (6100) and 40MHz (i.e. the 840av) is about the same as my 7100/80. One thing you have to remember is the bus was very restrictive on the x100 PowerMacs as they were sill using old 68k architecture for a lot of the component areas, not to mention 68k bandwidths. The 7200 and 8200 use PCI full speed architecture and thus run mega-tons faster.
As for apps I'll agree with everyone else - it's just a case of how much of the code is 68k and how much is PPC. They tend to, obviously, run better on their native platforms so it's kinda subjective depending on the software.
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