Why is the Pismo faster on the internet than an ibook g4?

[kmarketing]

Hi,

I have been enjoying my recently acquired pismo g4 500. Typing on it feels wonderful, and I'm so glad that I got it. We also just got an ibook 1.2ghz (768mb memory), and for some reason, the pismo loads internet pages faster.

I'm just wondering why that is. The pismo does have 1gb memory, but the bus speed is slower. Is it the l2 cache? I'm definitely not complaining, but I'm very curious how this old little bugger keeps ticking!

Thanks!

[kmarketing]

Moving this thread to the appropriate forum, sorry!

[dmw007]

This is interesting, are you connecting to the internet via dial-up modem, LAN, or Airport? :)

[Queso]

What OS is the Pismo running?

[kmarketing]

hi,

both running fresh installs of tiger, and using airport.

Both are close to the base station. although the same happens when I am further away. Even the ibook is pretty fast, its just that the pismo is faster/ So I don't know if its the pismo is just that fast, or something is making the ibook slower.

Thanks!

[Queso]

More likely that the iBook is somehow crippled. Do you have Interface Robustness turned on (in which case turn it off)?

[CubeHacker]

I thought Pismo's were 400/500mhz G3's? It certainly shouldn't be faster than a G4 1.2ghz ibook.

[kmarketing]

The one I have has a g4 500mhz processor that was upgraded from a g3 processor.

I'll just take it that the pismo is speedy on the net. I'm very impressed at the speed it has in loading pages.

Thanks!