What speed is your proc?

[Beej]

Just wondering what the clock speed of everyone's main Mac is...

[MacMaster]

My main Mac is a G4 450(see my profile). My family's main Mac is a G4 800.
So I vote for G4 less than 500.

[Shrek]

Wish I had one, but if I did it would probably be a G5 equivalent to that of a Dual 1GHz or faster, so that's what I chose.

[evildead]

I have an 867G4 with 1.2GB RAM, 2x 60GB HDs, SoundSticks and iSub, Apple 17in LCD, and a Wireless network to connect the house up.

[edesignuk]

Dual 1Ghz baby yeah! Groovy!
Life is sweet....and mighty quick! :D

[King Cobra]

My main[e] Macs would be my Firewire iBook at 466MHz, and my iMac at 233MHz. :D

My most used Mac...you should know. If not, profile, duh. :p :rolleyes:

[jelloshotsrule]

i have a dual 800.

etc.

wouldn't mind a new one but i won't have the means...

[AlphaTech]

The G4 I use at work is a 733MHz, but my own home TiBook is an 800MHz model... The tower at work is the last model before they went to the QuickSilver flavor, so it has the superdrive inside... :D

[iGav]

500Mhz PowerBook G4........

But that is changing in Feb 03..... for something with a little more poke...... heh heh... ;) :D

[Geert]

Got a 450 iMac DV.
Wouldn't mind having a fast DP G4 system :D

[Ensign Paris]

I have 3 main machines, although the two power macs are current dead but I have just got the money to get them repaired after the power surge. They are:

Powerbook G4 500
Powermac Dual800 + 867
Powermac Dual500 (OC to 533)

All these machines belong to my work par the Powerbook, I had a 667 powerbook but when it fell fowl to the power surge work took it for repair and never gave it me back :) Its now in use in part of the design dept.

For the last week at work I have been using a 2 Dual 1-ghz G4s because there was nobody to work on them because of the CW Games.

Ensign

[billiam0878]

I've got a 500Mhz TiBook and my mother has a 500MHz Cube-- I guess we were both part of Moto's "500MHz drought." Oh well, they both work great :)


Bill

[Ensign Paris]

yeah, that 500mhz was annoying, now that it is out of the way I think it will be a slow but sucsessful catchup :)

Ensign

[Rower_CPU]

TiPB 400, waiting for "...oh, and one more thing".:)

[jefhatfield]

300 mhz ibook
366 mhz pc laptop

...i guess i have to be thinking about new machines

i have my eyes set on basic ibook at $1199 for home use and basic pc desktop (compaq 1.4 ghz celeron w/monitor) for $799 for pc repair business and testing pc software

[Tiauguinho]

I have:

PowerMac G4 DP 1Ghz with 1Gb of RAM

and a

PowerBook G4 550Mhz with 768Mb of RAM


Both runing OS X.1.5

[Pismo]

I have a PowerBook G3 400 MHz (Pismo). I hope to get a new PowerBook when/if they hit 1 GHz.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Pismo
I have a PowerBook G3 400 MHz (Pismo). I hope to get a new PowerBook when/if they hit 1 GHz.
Me too! I think there are quite alot of people around here waiting for the magic 1Ghz CPU to hit the TiBook :D

[Ensign Paris]

I still think the Pismo is a great machine, non-fragile, not that the TiBook is fragile but it seems to be :) I also think the Pismo is great looking.

Ensign

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by Ensign Paris
I still think the Pismo is a great machine, non-fragile, not that the TiBook is fragile but it seems to be :) I also think the Pismo is great looking.

Ensign

Yeah??? How 'great looking' are the wear marks from where your hands sit while using the keyboard?? :p :D

[MacMaster]

Originally posted by AlphaTech
The G4 I use at work is a 733MHz, but my own home TiBook is an 800MHz model... The tower at work is the last model before they went to the QuickSilver flavor, so it has the superdrive inside... :D
...and an L3 cache. When they went to the quicksilver I think they got rid of that on the 733...Proof from everymac.com:
For the graphite version:
*. Custom configurations were available, standard configuration listed.
1. The PPC G4 includes the AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processor.
2. Boot ROM is around 1 MB, other instructions loaded in RAM (NewWorld).
3. 256k on-chip level 2 cache runs at processor speed (733 MHz).
4. 1 MB backside level 3 cache runs at 1/3 processor speed (244 MHz).
5. Noninterleaved, 168-pin, 64-bit-wide 8ns PC133 SDRAM (3.3v).
6. A 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX Graphics card occupies an 4X AGP slot.
7. Ultra160 SCSI drives were also available.
8. Burn DVD-R at 2X, read DVD at 6X, burn CD-RW at 4X, read CD at 24X.
9. An optional internal Zip 250 drive was available.
A. Four full-length 64-bit, 33 MHz PCI slots.
B. 1 3.5" bay is external (w/o Zip) 2 3.5" free bays are internal (w/ 1 HD).
See the L3 cache there...
For the QS version:
*. Custom configurations were available, standard configuration listed.
1. The PPC G4 includes the AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processor.
2. Boot ROM is around 1 MB, other instructions loaded in RAM (NewWorld).
3. 256k on-chip level 2 cache runs at processor speed (733 MHz).
4. Noninterleaved, 168-pin, 64-bit-wide 8ns PC133 SDRAM (3.3v).
5. A 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX Graphics card occupies an 4X AGP slot.
6. Ultra160 SCSI drives were also available.
7. Burn CD-R at 12X, burn CD-RW at 10X, read CD at 32X.
8. An optional internal Zip 250 drive is available.
9. Four full-length 64-bit, 33 MHz PCI slots.
A. 1 3.5" bay is external (w/o Zip) 2 3.5" free bays are internal (w/ 1 HD).
Where's the L3 cache?
See...

[Hemingray]

Originally posted by verbose101
Dual 1Ghz baby yeah! Groovy!
Life is sweet....and mighty quick! :D

And in less than a month... mighty outdated! :D :p

[Ensign Paris]

Originally posted by AlphaTech


Yeah??? How 'great looking' are the wear marks from where your hands sit while using the keyboard?? :p :D

Never thought of that, infact I have only used a Pismo a few times, I never owned one, although I do have a PowerBook G3Series under my bed somewhere ;)

Ensign

[eyelikeart]

my main Mac is my 500 MHz TiBook...

however, I do use a 400 MHz PowerMac at work...but only decided to vote once since I don't technically own it... ;)

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Hemingray


And in less than a month... mighty outdated! :D :p

So, where does that put my dual 800? Wait, don't answer that! I just bought the thing in June at a very reduced price, so it doesn't hurt much.

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by MacMaster

...and an L3 cache. When they went to the quicksilver I think they got rid of that on the 733...Proof from everymac.com:

See the L3 cache there...

Where's the L3 cache?
See...

What the **** are you trying to say??? I said that the 733MHz is BEFORE the QuickSilver aka Pre-QS PowerMac... :rolleyes: are you REALLY THAT DENSE that you cannot read posts correctly????

BTW, the 733MHz ON MY DESK RIGHT NOW, has 1MB of L3 cache :p

[Catfish_Man]

...with 384MBs of ram, a 30GB Quantum hard drive, a FireWire card, a USB card, a 17" CRT, a FireWire CD-RW, and a zip drive. It's running 10.1.5.

[mpbnl8182]

I've got a B&W 400... it's my main mac, but I also have a 1.13 GHz HP laptop. While it is windows, I still consider it one of my best purchases.

I just got the mac used, I plan to use it as a springboard for "the switch"

[big]

500 G4 (zif)

[8thDegreeSavage]

867 QS

[Shrek]

Originally posted by Catfish_Man
a 30GB Quantum hard drive

Quantum?! You mean like a quantum computer???!!! Cool beans!











j/k :D

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by Shrek
Quantum?! You mean like a quantum computer???!!! Cool beans!


You know, the now defunct Quantum hard drive company (absorbed by Maxtor). I have actually had the circuit board on a 6GB Quantum hard drive blow out (literally blew one of the chips on the board) which killed the drive. :eek: The drive was still under 3 years old, which doesn't speak very well for reliability. At least that's how I look at it. I have Maxtor drives that are older then 3 years, and still running/spinning strong.

[Ensign Paris]

well, apart from on our HP Compaq Digital Raids I have never had a Hard Disk break down (as far as I can remember :)) on any of my macs. The raid seems to not work as well as it could so when the new xServe raids come out we have a CapX to get as many as we need ;)

Ensign

[phufball71]

700 mhz pismo
400mhz imac dv special edition
300 mhz tang. ibook
32 mhz apple ll vx

[barkmonster]

300Mhz Beige G3 Desktop

Bought in late January of '98 as an end of life deal.

Should have been :

2Mb Vram, Rage Pro, 300Mhz G3 with 1Mb Cache, 64Mb RAM, 6Gb HD, Zip, CD

I thought I'd max out the VRAM, the mac dealer sent me this :

6Mb Vram, Rage II+, 300Mhz G3 with 512K Cache, 64Mb RAM, 6Gb HD, Zip, CD

I've never bought another product through them again and never will after I found out the actual specs of my mac made it some kind of overclocked older model and they'd screwed me out of £1,200 for it.

With everything I've bought for it over the years this is my full setup :

300Mhz G3
192Mb RAM
Audiomedia III card (for Protools LE)
6Gb 5400rpm System Drive
60Gb 7200rpm Storage/Audio Drive on the CD Rom's ATA channel (CD rom wore out 18 months ago)
External 8x8x24 Yamaha SCSI CD writer
56K Pace voice/fax modem (no longer used due to cable modem)

I'm going to add another 192Mb RAM to max it out in a week or so and then get one of the new powerlogix G4 upgrades later in the year unless I can find a used 500Mhz G4 for peanuts.

It's been a good model concidering but I just wish I was given a full a detailed spec of what I was actually getting, then maybe I'd have got one of B & W G3s with a 3rd party mouse and keyboard for about the same price and not be so limited upgrade wise. It doesn't perform too bad for such an old model though.

[Mr. Anderson]

667 TiPB - won't get an upgraded home machine (450 G4) until next year.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by verbose101

Me too! I think there are quite alot of people around here waiting for the magic 1Ghz CPU to hit the TiBook :D

that would be the second most important mark next to having had quicksilver reach 1 ghz mark (dual 1 ghz g4 powermac)

of course, for me the low end user, i want to see imacs, emacs, and ibooks hit 1 ghz and that may be another full year before all of those reach that point

some people talk about apple hitting 2 ghz, but that is a long way off...perhaps 2004 sometime, but i hope not

[kwajo.com]

my "main" mac will be the superdrive iMac that is shipping now (800MHz), I can certainly say I have had a wide range of speeds over the years:

Olivetti 086=<11MHz
Parkard Bell 286 laptop (a monster)=
Zenith 386=33MHz
Dell 486DX=33MHz
Gateway 2000(remember when it was 2000) 486-DX2=66MHz
Apple LC II 68030=16 MHz
Homebuilt Cyrix 6x86=166MHz+
Homebuilt Pentium=233MHz
iBook=300MHz
iMac DV(ruby is amazing)=450MHz
Dell inspiron celeron=900Mhz
Dell OptiPlex P4=1.4GHz
new iMac=800MHz

The reason I listed all of these is that I still have them and use them so I conclude I have a "main" processor speed of over 4.5GHz (composite if you have not already guessed).

[macatwork]

Hi everyone, this is my first post, but I have been visiting this site for a long time.
I thought this would be a good intro for me.
My Mac:

PM 800
512ram
Lacie 19' monitor

:D

[GPTurismo]

PMac Dual 800
1.5 Gig's of ram
60gb HDD
120gb HDD
GF3
17 inch cinema display

And my parents got me OSX.2 for my birthday :p

Which still urks me that they paid for it ;_; NOT SAYING TO STEAL >:|

[MacMaster]

Originally posted by AlphaTech


What the **** are you trying to say??? I said that the 733MHz is BEFORE the QuickSilver aka Pre-QS PowerMac... :rolleyes: are you REALLY THAT DENSE that you cannot read posts correctly????

BTW, the 733MHz ON MY DESK RIGHT NOW, has 1MB of L3 cache :p
I was simply trying to point out that your computer had a L3 cache. That's all!

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by MacMaster

I was simply trying to point out that your computer had a L3 cache. That's all!

Uh oh! Did AlphaTech's cache leave? It's like my wallet. I look at it and wonder where my cash went. :)

[MacMaster]

Originally posted by bousozoku


Uh oh! Did AlphaTech's cache leave? It's like my wallet. I look at it and wonder where my cash went. :)
Ok here's exactly what I was trying to do: I saw that AlphaTech said that he had the pre-qs 733 so it had a superdrive. I was just adding another feature that they got rid of with the qs version!

[cb911]

first AlphaTech's Mac had the L3 cache, and then he had the pre QS 733. what's going on? i thought it was obvious that he still has both of the above? so you can see how a couple of words can cause all of that confusion:rolleyes:

anyway, i've got a new 667 TiBook with 768MB RAM. one day i'll sell the 256MB chip and get another 512MB...

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by cb911


anyway, i've got a new 667 TiBook with 768MB RAM. one day i'll sell the 256MB chip and get another 512MB...

is it 144 pin sodimm 133 mhz 256MB RAM chip?

...that is backwards compatible to 100 and 66 Mhz RAM, isn't it? or will it go back to just the 100 Mhz RAM?

i saw a 256 MB sodimm for 50 dollars us and i was wondering what you wanted to sell yours for?

[mac15]

700mhz imac flat panel
512mbs ram
and wow

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Hemingray


And in less than a month... mighty outdated! :D :p
Don't I freakin' know it! :(
Oh well, never mind, you can't stay on top for ever, especially when it comes to computers as we all well know.
Allthough you do get longer with a Mac then you do with PC's. :D

[jefhatfield]

i don't think a dual ghz will be mightily outdated unless apple came out with a dual 1.6 ghz at mwsf in january

as much as i would love to see this, i predict
1 ghz, 1.1 ghz, and dual 1.2 ghz

but this 1.4 to 1.6 stuff is not anything like what i have seen moto supply to apple

by christmas 2003, we will possibly see that 1.6 ghz dual g4 and it will be a monster then and perhaps it will even be a g5 processor

where is everybody getting this august powermac update rumor from> if so then why didn't apple simply announce at mwny and just say they would ship a little late in the end of august?

the mid term ibook surprise was a really cool one when steve jobs debuted the dual usb icebook

maybe apple will amaze us with a super fast tower at the end of august, but i doubt this more than any rumor i have ever heard on macrumors in the last 2+ years

[kiwi_the_iwik]

...the first G3's were the fastest Macs on the planet. So, when the G4 came out, I thought - "Damn - I've got to get me one of those Cube-babies".

So, sure enough, that's what I did. And for a time, I was in the "Fastest Mac Alive" club.

Now, it's Boo-Hoo. I'm going to be struggling to play the latest games and to render the latest effects with the latest video editing software if I don't think about upgrading soon.

Then along comes Powerlogix with the 1Ghz chip upgrade for the Cube. Hail to the good people there. Now, when I buy one of these little boxes of candy, I don't have to lose the sexy little shape of my computer, and - for a time - I can reclaim my spot near the top of the "Fastest Mac Alive" club (until the new PowerMacs are released).

Like they say in that movie "Crazy People" with Dudley Moore: "Buy Volvos - they're boxy, but they're good."

:D

[jefhatfield]

a cube at 1 ghz...that is wild and very cool

and somewhere i heard about a 700 mhz g3 powerbook upgrade and that is also very cool

will/does the 1 ghz chip run too hot for the cube?

and though there are upgrades for the old g3 powerbooks, will they have have upgrades for g3 ibooks?

i would love to see an old clamshell ibook running at 600 or 700 mhz...that would be too funny and probably do-able...but who would buy such an upgrade which would cost four hundred?

it makes more sense to get the 1500 dollar 700 mhz icebook with the better video ram and the lighter form factor of 4.9 pounds...man, there i go again talking myself into a new computer

i want a 4.9 pound sub-notebook ibook with a g4 at any speed, or a 512k level two cache g3-fx monster running at an even 1 ghz

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
a cube at 1 ghz...that is wild and very cool...
....will/does the 1 ghz chip run too hot for the cube?

I know that the Powerlogix upgrade has a built-in fan on the CPU - and a funky looking heatsink. Check out the website at www.powerlogix.com for some photos. Sonnet also do a 1Ghz upgrade now - with a bigger L3 cache than Powerlogix. Let the upgrade wars begin...

If there's still a problem with heat in the Cube, you can do a fan install. Apple kindly supplied a mounting bracket and power source inside the Cube chassis near the bottom vent, to put a small fan there. A nice person has put a site up on how to install such a wee beastie - www.praxxus.com/cubefan - and points out there is no real noise difference. As with any upgrade option for the Cube, this one is deemed to be MANDATORY - and has been suggested that ALL Cube owners make this upgrade in any case, to lengthen the lifespan of their computer (in saying that, I haven't done it - yet.).

:D

[jefhatfield]

i also didn't notice before, but they have g4 upgrades for g3 powerbooks!

one can make a 1998 era wallstreet powerbook into a lower end g4 laptop and get another two years out of one's machine for just $300 dollars...not bad

that means you can realistically (barely) run versions of os x which is made for g4 altivec...i know high end pro users would most likely just buy a new tibook with its now 32 MB of video RAM and super large capacity hard drives...instead of using a 6 GB hard drive, 66 mhz bus, 192 RAM powerbook g3

the old wallsteet's 192 MB RAM capability would just make it squeak by with its 500 mhz powerlogix g4 upgrade running os x...this means no games or photoshop

assuming that one would carefully care for their four year old wallstreet, the powerlogix upgrade can give another two years making the wallstreet last six years for the consumer level user...to me as a techie, i have never seen any laptop be able to serve that long, but the upgrade chip makes it possible...albeit barely