[mac-wizards] Re: [X-Unix] CPU speed

[Dan DeRusha]

Assuming that 14999999994 is a 1.5 G4?



On 1/5/05 4:34 AM, "Scott" <scott-xlists at scotist.com> wrote:

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> Oh crumb. Apparently, I have one of the few Powerbooks which shipped
> with one of the original Pentium chips rather than the G4:
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> pb17:~ scott$ sysctl hw.cpufrequency
> hw.cpufrequency: 1499999994
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> Darn FPU units.  :)
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> On Jan 5, 2005, at 01:49, Simon Forster wrote:
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>> Anyone shed any light on Jerry's reply (presumably posted on
>> mac-wizards originally)? I've just tested my PowerBook G4 which should
>> be running at circa 867 MHZ - but it's reported to be running at 533
>> MHz. A quick test of a couple of other machines returns results as I'd
>> expect - i.e. in line with their spec.
>> 
>> And yes, I've checked that it's set to run at "highest" performance in
>> the energy saver control panel.
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>> On 4 Jan 2005, at 22:09, CP wrote:
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>> <all cut>
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>>> Jerry Levinson wrote:
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>>>> 24fun.com tells you how fast your browser is running, not what your
>>>> original question was. Try this: open Terminal and type in
>>>> 
>>>> sysctl hw.cpufrequency
>>>> 
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