speed machines

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  1. maelstromr, Aug 19, 2002

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    Can someone give me a fairly basic and jargon-less explaination of the difference (in magnitude) between the speeds of a G4 800mhz, dual 800mhz, 933mhz and dual 1 gig (old model)? Also, how close does the powerbook G4 800 and 667 come to these? Of course I recognize that their are improvements as you move up, but I was wondering what the REAL and NOTICEABLE difference was and what the opinions and experience of this forum had been.

    Thanks in advance.

    Seth
     
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  2. firewire2001, Aug 19, 2002

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    Re: speed machines

    btw: sp = single processor; mp = multi processor

    well.. if you were to compare an 800mhz SP to an 800 mhz MP in doing stuff like ms-word, you would see little or no difference at all because it only takes advantage of one processor.. rather if you were comparing them with stuff like photoshop tests, the difference would be dramatic since it uses both processors...

    i explain a lot of this in anotehr post which may be useful to you..

    -f
     
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  3. mc68k, Aug 19, 2002

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    Re: speed machines

    The only major differences are video and HD. The hardrive and video will be slower. The rest of the portable is pretty much on par w/the desktop, just no high-power-consumption components.
     
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