iBook Clamshell SE: Was that a joke or something?

[rjcalifornia]

Ok give me 8mins and watch this and let Steve show you the error of the belief of more Ghz the faster the machine: http://youtu.be/PKF9GOE2q38

Remember seeing is believing

Now tell me that wintel is faster from the same time as PPC was.

Edit: and if that's not early enough here is Phil from 1999 to show you how a G3 powerbook is faster than a intel P3 desktop http://youtu.be/wE5717f_5Rk the launch of the clamshell: http://youtu.be/cdpRSj7tLiY and finally the launch of the new iBook from Steve comparing it to the competition: http://youtu.be/6MFUStxScfE

Ok, don't say 'it is like talking to a brick wall' but...

if that were to be true, macs would still be using PowerPC... That's not the case...

The Megahertz Myth "could have been" true till the fastest G3, but then Intel beat the crap out of it. Even so, the fastest wintel at the G3 era is still more useful than any clamshell/G3

Also, I got it in 2001 not 2000. The Clamshell was still being available for some part of 2001.

Clamshells were pretty much marketed towards young people, not insurance agents.

Dumb young people, perhaps?

 

[NaiGuy]

Obviously a troll thread, but hell why not I'll feed it.

I can say from experience a PowerPC mac is more effective at preforming tasks then any P4 machine, while they are both capable and the P4 can do more in terms of software. In terms of sheer speed My MDD and my G4 iMac will out preform most P4s (the MDD will out preform all P4s).

To say that apple stopped using powerpc because they couldn't preform well is a lie. Intel just made better chips sooner and apple couldn't keep going without another good machine for its Laptop market. Not to mention all the bad the G5 chips brought apple. Some was due to there own mistakes, others just due to the chip IBM made. IBM also made promises they couldn't keep.

I love my PPC machines, they were nice and they felt more innovative for the period. I see the crappy Wintell machines everyday, and I must say they are boring, slow and tiring, even if they may have a bigger screen.

 

[rjcalifornia]

Obviously a troll thread, but hell why not I'll feed it.

I can say from experience a PowerPC mac is more effective at preforming tasks then any P4 machine, while they are both capable and the P4 can do more in terms of software. In terms of sheer speed My MDD and my G4 iMac will out preform most P4s (the MDD will out preform all P4s).

To say that apple stopped using powerpc because they couldn't preform well is a lie. Intel just made better chips sooner and apple couldn't keep going without another good machine for its Laptop market. Not to mention all the bad the G5 chips brought apple. Some was due to there own mistakes, others just due to the chip IBM made. IBM also made promises they couldn't keep.

I love my PPC machines, they were nice and they felt more innovative for the period. I see the crappy Wintell machines everyday, and I must say they are boring, slow and tiring, even if they may have a bigger screen.

No. Not a troll thread. Just informative. I mean Clamshell didn't look (seem) useful at all. 800x600 resolution screen is kinda of a joke...

 

[NaiGuy]

No. Not a troll thread. Just informative. I mean Clamshell didn't look (seem) useful at all. 800x600 resolution screen is kinda of a joke...

Considering the release date I can see why you would think that. Outside of a bigger display thought. Most Windows Laptops of the time were not that great, then again I'm sure your experiences may differ from mine.

However blame apple for still using 1998 technology in 2000...