[P1] Newbie

[Joe Jones]

The 600Mhz iBook doesn't have the necessary graphics welly to run 
Quartz Extreme - the first iBook that could do that was the 700Mhz one 
with the 16Mb card.

The 600 has an 8Mb Rage in it - much to my annoyance, since as well as 
being the last model of iBook to be made that doesn't use QE, it's a 
bit slow with Quake 3 Arena - although still playable if you reduce the 
resolution.

Joe

On Saturday, Jun 14, 2003, at 09:07 Europe/London, Charles Martin wrote:

>> From: Richard J Laue <rjlaue.lists at verizon.net>
>>
>> The 600mhz is noticeably faster in almost everything other than the
>> simplest of tasks.  Especially when it comes to graphics, or music
>> stuff.
>>
>> OSX definitely runs faster and smoother on the 600 -- not that it
>> won't run on the 500, but somehow it just seems to be a more natural
>> "fit" on the 600.  Does it run faster enough to justify spending a
>> little more money?  My own opinion is definitely YES.  I don't like
>> looking at spinning beach balls!
>>
>> It doesn't seem like the small jump between 500mhz and 600mhz would
>> make so much difference, but as someone else pointed out, there is a
>> jump in bus speed and also an improved video card.
>
> The big difference you are feeling between the two machines is almost 
> ENTIRELY due to that video card difference. With that, OS X can take 
> advantage of "Quartz Extreme," meaning all the screen drawing (all the 
> time) is handled by the video card -- freeing up the processor almost 
> entirely from that "system overhead."
>
> I remember reading somewhere that this increases the efficiency of the 
> processor by about 30% in most tasks. Add the 20% bonus of the 100MHz 
> extra processor speed and you have a machine that could be as much as 
> 50% more efficient than the 500MHz model. BIG difference.
>
> _Chas_
>
> "Microsoft has innovated nothing. The thing I find most contemptible 
> is Bill's lying , this thing about innovating. It makes me want to 
> puke. That's innovation a la Rockefeller, not innovation a la Edison."
> -- Larry Elisson, Oracle CEO, 1998 interview with PC Week Online.
>
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