[X4U] 64 vs 32 was...Re: move to Intel

[Richard Gilmore]

That's what I mean one's 32 bit and the other 64 but if the "bits" don't
matter and 64s are actually slower why's my iMac G5 faster?


> On 12/6/05 3:29 PM, "David Ledger" <dledger at ivdcs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> 64 bit machines are usually slower than their 32 bit counterparts,
> but they handle huge dataspaces. If you don't use > 4GB address space
> you don't gain anything, but all those extra bits have to
> sucked/squirted serially from and two the disc and other devices.
> 
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On 15/6/05 10:03 AM, "Tim Kinsella" <timk at iapc.net> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 15, 2005, at 8:41 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:
> 
>> What makes the G5 so much faster? I've got a 1.8GHZ G5 that seems way
>> faster
>> than my friend's Mini at 1.42GHZ I can't see how 380MHZ makes all that
>> much
>> difference.
>> 
> 
> The MIni's are G4's, no?
> 
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