[X4U] Powerbook G4

[FC Farwell]

> From: Randy B.Singer <randy at macattorney.com>
>
> However, I really don't see what all the fuss is about.  My 12-inch G4
> PowerBook is a jewel.  It's plenty powerful, full featured, and
> marvelously portible.  And now all of the PowerBooks are faster.  
> What's
> not to like?
>
> Randy B. Singer
>

In real world tests I wonder how much faster the new powerbooks are.

Because of bus limitations 167Mhz and so forth, it seems to me the CPU 
is just siting there most of the time waiting for data. Sure when it 
gets the data it is processed faster.  Seems to me the better buy is to 
get a deal on the previous model on closeout. I imagine in a 1.33Ghz 
previous version to a 1.5 Ghz current 12" that in real world test there 
is at best a 10% increase in speed. From my point of view not much to 
get excited about.

FC Farwell