[CUBE] OT: pismo vs ibook

david sarcastix david at sarcastix.com
Fri Aug 8 11:07:20 PDT 2003


> 
> OS X kernel has no code that is optimized for G4.
> 
> The G3 900 is faster overall by a wide margin, even when comparing
> Altivec tasks, which for most people are but a tiny percentage of
> tasks. I don't know anyone who rips MP3s 8 hours a day. :) But even
> if they did, the G3 900 is faster.

Thanks for correcting me on the OSX, but I often dink around with Photoshop
and other altivec programs with my laptops.  But I do the serious with my
towers.
I'm a professional photographer.

If overall the g3 900  is cheaper and faster than the g4, I'd want that.

david



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