[CUBE] OT: pismo vs ibook

[Todd Masco]

david wrote:
> Well, I guess I'm not crazy then, because with all the people 
> commenting on
> OSX slowness, I had this feeling that these were people with g3's.

Nah, they're people with not enough RAM.

I have a 600 MHz G3 iBook, and Mac OS X is plenty zippy on it.  Why?  
640 MB RAM  (I also have a dual 1 GHz G4 "Wind Tunnel" Powermac, so 
it's not like I don't have an adequate basis of comparison).  Since the 
iBook is a year and a half old, I keep going to buy a new Powerbook... 
but I just can't make myself do it, there is too little to be gained.

Unless you actually need the added ports, PCMCIA slot, and Altivec 
support  that you get on a Powerbook, the iBook should be perfectly 
fine.  The only times that I find the iBook wanting are when I run 
Virtual PC and when I  run SketchUp (a 3D CAD-like program).

	-- Todd