[iBook] 512mb iBook

[Jeff Siler]

I'd love to see a link to that article if anyone has it.  I don't see
it in the archive section of that site.

Jeff

On 8/24/05, Ben Chong <bluesky6 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> An article on a Mac website (I think it's lowendmac.com) talked about
> speed comparisons between a 256MB and a 512MB iBook to see if the
> extra 256MB made a difference.
> 
> The conclusion was that there was no difference when the app(s) are
> up and running but that starting an app was faster on the system with
> more memory.
> 
> Tiger (that's the only OS X I'm familiar with) does a good job of
> making apps appear responsive across different CPU speeds. My kids
> use a 500MHz 578MB iBook and I have a 1.33MHz/1.5GB one and other
> than application launch times, the responsiveness (including web
> browsing) is almost the same.
> 
> I cannot say that same thing about OS 8.x running on a 180MHz 3400c
> that we also have. So slooooow......
> 
> Ben
> 
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