with ghz tibooks near 100 in score/speed rating, what would my little old ibook at 300 mhz bench at?
i don't dare find out
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Originally posted by jefhatfield
with ghz tibooks near 100 in score/speed rating, what would my little old ibook at 300 mhz bench at?
i don't dare find out
Around 30.
My new 1GHz TiBook...
Results 103.53
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b3
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 1024 MB
Processor PowerPC,G4@0 [1000 MHz]
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
CPU Test 113.56
GCD Recursion 105.85 4.13 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 118.01 397.73 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 111.89 6.07 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 118.50 5.32 Mops/sec
Thread Test 87.92
Computation 63.89 514.68 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 132.38 418.72 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 67.48 847.03 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 120.43
System 138.54
Allocate 122.25 64.31 Kalloc/sec
Fill 240.57 1379.52 MB/sec
Copy 52.81 316.83 MB/sec
Stream 102.31
Copy 101.96 407.83 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 102.10 408.39 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 104.73 418.93 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 100.47 401.88 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 121.81
Line 126.43 3.22 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 121.02 8.51 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 137.25 3.16 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 121.83 1.32 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 102.53 1.73 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 97.61
Spinning Squares 97.61 68.31 frames/sec
User Interface Test 116.66
Elements 116.66 37.33 refresh/sec
Disk Test 66.70
Sequential 75.55
Uncached Write 65.90 24.53 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 68.68 24.06 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 103.41 15.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 64.20 24.07 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 57.86
Uncached Write 68.61 1.15 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 57.19 11.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 41.11 0.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 64.51 12.42 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 103.53
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b3
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 1024 MB
Processor PowerPC,G4@0 [1000 MHz]
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
CPU Test 113.56
GCD Recursion 105.85 4.13 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 118.01 397.73 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 111.89 6.07 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 118.50 5.32 Mops/sec
Thread Test 87.92
Computation 63.89 514.68 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 132.38 418.72 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 67.48 847.03 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 120.43
System 138.54
Allocate 122.25 64.31 Kalloc/sec
Fill 240.57 1379.52 MB/sec
Copy 52.81 316.83 MB/sec
Stream 102.31
Copy 101.96 407.83 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 102.10 408.39 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 104.73 418.93 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 100.47 401.88 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 121.81
Line 126.43 3.22 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 121.02 8.51 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 137.25 3.16 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 121.83 1.32 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 102.53 1.73 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 97.61
Spinning Squares 97.61 68.31 frames/sec
User Interface Test 116.66
Elements 116.66 37.33 refresh/sec
Disk Test 66.70
Sequential 75.55
Uncached Write 65.90 24.53 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 68.68 24.06 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 103.41 15.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 64.20 24.07 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 57.86
Uncached Write 68.61 1.15 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 57.19 11.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 41.11 0.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 64.51 12.42 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Has anyone tried this yet?
Hi fellow benchtesters,
has anyone tried this: in Terminal, type "sudo renice -20 [xbench thread #]" ?
it should give xbench maximum cpu power while benchtesting, because it gives the xbench process max. priority.
cheers,
-Dr.D.
Hi fellow benchtesters,
has anyone tried this: in Terminal, type "sudo renice -20 [xbench thread #]" ?
it should give xbench maximum cpu power while benchtesting, because it gives the xbench process max. priority.
cheers,
-Dr.D.
Re: Re: My new 1GHz TiBook...
Retest it using XBench 1.0b3. Also did you test it when the hard drive was clean? Anyone testing a new system is likely testing it with the hard drive nearly empty. A 1GHz G4 will test higher especially with everything that I mentioned above.
Retest it using XBench 1.0b3. Also did you test it when the hard drive was clean? Anyone testing a new system is likely testing it with the hard drive nearly empty. A 1GHz G4 will test higher especially with everything that I mentioned above.
XBench 1.0B5 has been released. I will post new comparrisons showing the differences in test results from 1.0B3 to 1.0B5 as soon as I get a chance.
Okay here are my lastest results using XBench 1.0B5. My latest results using 1.0B3 are on the left. My new results using 1.0B5 are on the right. As you can see my scores have dropped lower this once again means that all previous results are useless in comparring results as produced by 1.0B5.
There are a few simple reasons for this. The thread test for memory was dropped due to errors in results also 4k disk testing was modified for more accurate results this has all added up to an overall change in results for the lower at least with my machine.
One nice thing is that the display of system info has been cleaned up and L2 and L3 information has been added. Overall this is still a decent program for comparring machines including yours before and after an upgrade. Remember though that the results are not the end all of performance comparrisons. For instance it does not tell you how a Dual processor machine will compare to a single proccessor machine when multitasking etc..
There are a few simple reasons for this. The thread test for memory was dropped due to errors in results also 4k disk testing was modified for more accurate results this has all added up to an overall change in results for the lower at least with my machine.
One nice thing is that the display of system info has been cleaned up and L2 and L3 information has been added. Overall this is still a decent program for comparring machines including yours before and after an upgrade. Remember though that the results are not the end all of performance comparrisons. For instance it does not tell you how a Dual processor machine will compare to a single proccessor machine when multitasking etc..
Attachments
iBook 600 w/ 256k Cache
Results 46.11
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b7
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC 750 @ 600 MHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 256K @ 600.00 MHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Video Card ATY,RageM3
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK3017GAS
CPU Test 63.19
GCD Recursion 53.21 2.08 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 55.75 187.90 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 93.05 4.18 Mops/sec
Thread Test 45.75
Computation 38.21 307.79 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 57.01 715.61 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 29.39
System 24.45
Allocate 104.73 55.09 Kalloc/sec
Fill 23.38 134.06 MB/sec
Copy 14.21 71.04 MB/sec
Stream 36.83
Copy 36.88 161.25 MB/sec
Scale 37.01 161.45 MB/sec
Add 36.09 164.21 MB/sec
Triad 37.38 164.25 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 50.42
Line 46.98 1.20 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 62.28 4.38 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 63.65 1.47 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 44.74 486.15 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 42.07 685.75 chars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 80.78
Spinning Squares 80.78 56.53 frames/sec
User Interface Test 43.76
Elements 43.76 14.89 refresh/sec
Disk Test 39.93
Sequential 47.48
Uncached Write 43.28 18.88 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 45.17 18.38 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 63.56 10.01 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 42.98 18.54 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 34.45
Uncached Write 19.87 0.30 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 40.92 9.39 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 47.61 0.31 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 49.19 9.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 46.11
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b7
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC 750 @ 600 MHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 256K @ 600.00 MHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Video Card ATY,RageM3
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK3017GAS
CPU Test 63.19
GCD Recursion 53.21 2.08 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 55.75 187.90 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 93.05 4.18 Mops/sec
Thread Test 45.75
Computation 38.21 307.79 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 57.01 715.61 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 29.39
System 24.45
Allocate 104.73 55.09 Kalloc/sec
Fill 23.38 134.06 MB/sec
Copy 14.21 71.04 MB/sec
Stream 36.83
Copy 36.88 161.25 MB/sec
Scale 37.01 161.45 MB/sec
Add 36.09 164.21 MB/sec
Triad 37.38 164.25 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 50.42
Line 46.98 1.20 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 62.28 4.38 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 63.65 1.47 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 44.74 486.15 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 42.07 685.75 chars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 80.78
Spinning Squares 80.78 56.53 frames/sec
User Interface Test 43.76
Elements 43.76 14.89 refresh/sec
Disk Test 39.93
Sequential 47.48
Uncached Write 43.28 18.88 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 45.17 18.38 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 63.56 10.01 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 42.98 18.54 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 34.45
Uncached Write 19.87 0.30 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 40.92 9.39 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 47.61 0.31 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 49.19 9.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]
PowerMac G4 466mhz
Results 52.69
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b7
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 467 MHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 1024K @ 234.00 MHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card ATY,Rage128Pro (ATI Rage 128 Pro)
Drive Type Maxtor 33073H3 M
CPU Test 39.01
GCD Recursion 41.82 1.63 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 47.38 159.68 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 23.02 1.25 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 70.97 3.19 Mops/sec
Thread Test 35.31
Computation 29.96 241.35 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 43.00 539.70 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 77.24
System 63.87
Allocate 73.66 38.75 Kalloc/sec
Fill 81.07 464.87 MB/sec
Copy 47.48 237.42 MB/sec
Stream 97.69
Copy 97.00 424.19 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 97.90 427.12 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 96.77 440.29 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 99.12 435.51 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 69.98
Line 61.57 1.57 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 78.02 5.49 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 77.47 1.79 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 69.69 757.23 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 66.07 1.08 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 68.56
Spinning Squares 68.56 47.98 frames/sec
User Interface Test 63.49
Elements 63.49 21.60 refresh/sec
Disk Test 46.91
Sequential 55.26
Uncached Write 48.19 21.02 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 52.03 21.17 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 83.71 13.18 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 48.86 21.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 40.76
Uncached Write 38.65 0.58 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 38.60 8.85 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 39.28 0.26 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 47.85 9.38 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 52.69
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b7
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 467 MHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 1024K @ 234.00 MHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card ATY,Rage128Pro (ATI Rage 128 Pro)
Drive Type Maxtor 33073H3 M
CPU Test 39.01
GCD Recursion 41.82 1.63 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 47.38 159.68 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 23.02 1.25 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 70.97 3.19 Mops/sec
Thread Test 35.31
Computation 29.96 241.35 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 43.00 539.70 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 77.24
System 63.87
Allocate 73.66 38.75 Kalloc/sec
Fill 81.07 464.87 MB/sec
Copy 47.48 237.42 MB/sec
Stream 97.69
Copy 97.00 424.19 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 97.90 427.12 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 96.77 440.29 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 99.12 435.51 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 69.98
Line 61.57 1.57 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 78.02 5.49 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 77.47 1.79 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 69.69 757.23 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 66.07 1.08 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 68.56
Spinning Squares 68.56 47.98 frames/sec
User Interface Test 63.49
Elements 63.49 21.60 refresh/sec
Disk Test 46.91
Sequential 55.26
Uncached Write 48.19 21.02 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 52.03 21.17 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 83.71 13.18 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 48.86 21.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 40.76
Uncached Write 38.65 0.58 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 38.60 8.85 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 39.28 0.26 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 47.85 9.38 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Pismo 500 G3 w/256RAM
Results 33.63
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b7
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 256 MB
Processor PowerPC 750 @ 500 MHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 1024K @ 200.00 MHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Video Card ATY,RageM3
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK1214GAP
CPU Test 51.56
GCD Recursion 44.92 1.75 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 43.83 147.72 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 76.27 3.43 Mops/sec
Thread Test 38.80
Computation 31.86 256.65 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 49.61 622.68 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 29.84
System 27.95
Allocate 77.98 41.02 Kalloc/sec
Fill 39.57 226.93 MB/sec
Copy 14.45 72.23 MB/sec
Stream 31.99
Copy 32.00 139.94 MB/sec
Scale 32.08 139.97 MB/sec
Add 31.38 142.80 MB/sec
Triad 32.53 142.93 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 38.64
Line 35.56 905.26 lines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 35.22 2.48 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 38.21 880.76 circles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 50.07 544.01 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 37.39 609.38 chars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 25.71
Spinning Squares 25.71 17.99 frames/sec
User Interface Test 44.12
Elements 44.12 15.01 refresh/sec
Disk Test 23.81
Sequential 24.93
Uncached Write 20.52 8.95 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 21.76 8.85 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.51 8.74 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 20.94 9.04 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 22.78
Uncached Write 14.90 0.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 23.80 5.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 32.03 0.21 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 28.38 5.56 MB/sec [256K blocks]
I can't wait for my new PB!
That was using b7 of xbench.
Results 33.63
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b7
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 256 MB
Processor PowerPC 750 @ 500 MHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 1024K @ 200.00 MHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Video Card ATY,RageM3
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK1214GAP
CPU Test 51.56
GCD Recursion 44.92 1.75 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 43.83 147.72 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 76.27 3.43 Mops/sec
Thread Test 38.80
Computation 31.86 256.65 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 49.61 622.68 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 29.84
System 27.95
Allocate 77.98 41.02 Kalloc/sec
Fill 39.57 226.93 MB/sec
Copy 14.45 72.23 MB/sec
Stream 31.99
Copy 32.00 139.94 MB/sec
Scale 32.08 139.97 MB/sec
Add 31.38 142.80 MB/sec
Triad 32.53 142.93 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 38.64
Line 35.56 905.26 lines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 35.22 2.48 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 38.21 880.76 circles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 50.07 544.01 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 37.39 609.38 chars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 25.71
Spinning Squares 25.71 17.99 frames/sec
User Interface Test 44.12
Elements 44.12 15.01 refresh/sec
Disk Test 23.81
Sequential 24.93
Uncached Write 20.52 8.95 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 21.76 8.85 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.51 8.74 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 20.94 9.04 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 22.78
Uncached Write 14.90 0.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 23.80 5.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 32.03 0.21 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 28.38 5.56 MB/sec [256K blocks]
I can't wait for my new PB!
That was using b7 of xbench.
i wonder if there is a database for older benchmarks for pismos, clamshell ibooks, beige tower macs, and the like
if people submit the results, you can look at them...
http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/
edit: btw jef, now that the iBook G4 is out...you gonna upgrade??
http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/
edit: btw jef, now that the iBook G4 is out...you gonna upgrade??
you mean the G4 12" aluminum powerbook, which in many ways is kind of like a g4 ibook...with some extra professional pizzaz
i have my eye on that one
Okay, so what's it all mean?
Okay guys.
I've looked at a bunch of neat numbers and the like. Obviously, "bigger is better", but now let's get down to brass tacks: what's it really mean?
For example, consider what your advice should be for the following:
Q1: An old system still running OS 9, and doing "general duty" stuff (Web @ 56Kbps, email, etc). What's the lowest (MINIMUM) XBENCH score you'll tolerate sitting behind before you pull out your hair at using such a slow beast and replace it?
Q2: The guy who updated a few years ago. Same "General Purpose" application. The difference is that he's running OS 10.2.x What's the lowest (MIN) XBENCH before you replace it?
Q3: Similar to Q3 above, except our user is now modestly more demanding - he plays games, dabbles in Photoshop, etc. At what XBENCH does he need to start shopping?
Q4: The supreme power user, for who the answer's already obvious (whatever's the fastest current model). Included so as to clarify that the User in Q3 is not this guy.
An example of your opinion might look like this:
Q1: 35
Q2: 50
Q3: 100
Q4: 130&up
Is this not enough/okay/plenty of power for each of these applications?
...or are we simply going to admit that we buy to whatever our budget can afford?
-hh
Okay guys.
I've looked at a bunch of neat numbers and the like. Obviously, "bigger is better", but now let's get down to brass tacks: what's it really mean?
For example, consider what your advice should be for the following:
Q1: An old system still running OS 9, and doing "general duty" stuff (Web @ 56Kbps, email, etc). What's the lowest (MINIMUM) XBENCH score you'll tolerate sitting behind before you pull out your hair at using such a slow beast and replace it?
Q2: The guy who updated a few years ago. Same "General Purpose" application. The difference is that he's running OS 10.2.x What's the lowest (MIN) XBENCH before you replace it?
Q3: Similar to Q3 above, except our user is now modestly more demanding - he plays games, dabbles in Photoshop, etc. At what XBENCH does he need to start shopping?
Q4: The supreme power user, for who the answer's already obvious (whatever's the fastest current model). Included so as to clarify that the User in Q3 is not this guy.
An example of your opinion might look like this:
Q1: 35
Q2: 50
Q3: 100
Q4: 130&up
Is this not enough/okay/plenty of power for each of these applications?
...or are we simply going to admit that we buy to whatever our budget can afford?
-hh
pnz999:
You submit your scores to the database by clicking the "Submit" button in the Xbench toolbar. This connects you to the database automatically. Or you can go to this link:
http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/
diorio:
3D Mark only tests your graphics hardware, whereas Xbench tests your whole system. I'd say it's more similar to Sisoft's Sandra, but with an overall score feature, which Sandra lacks.
You submit your scores to the database by clicking the "Submit" button in the Xbench toolbar. This connects you to the database automatically. Or you can go to this link:
http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/
diorio:
3D Mark only tests your graphics hardware, whereas Xbench tests your whole system. I'd say it's more similar to Sisoft's Sandra, but with an overall score feature, which Sandra lacks.
Re: Okay, so what's it all mean?
I started this thread and have been thoroughly involved in this for a while no.w I must say that your numbers are exactly what I was thinking when I was reading the questions. Even before I saw the numbers you listed below.
Originally posted by -hh
Okay guys.
I've looked at a bunch of neat numbers and the like. Obviously, "bigger is better", but now let's get down to brass tacks: what's it really mean?
For example, consider what your advice should be for the following:
Q1: An old system still running OS 9, and doing "general duty" stuff (Web @ 56Kbps, email, etc). What's the lowest (MINIMUM) XBENCH score you'll tolerate sitting behind before you pull out your hair at using such a slow beast and replace it?
Q2: The guy who updated a few years ago. Same "General Purpose" application. The difference is that he's running OS 10.2.x What's the lowest (MIN) XBENCH before you replace it?
Q3: Similar to Q3 above, except our user is now modestly more demanding - he plays games, dabbles in Photoshop, etc. At what XBENCH does he need to start shopping?
Q4: The supreme power user, for who the answer's already obvious (whatever's the fastest current model). Included so as to clarify that the User in Q3 is not this guy.
An example of your opinion might look like this:
Q1: 35
Q2: 50
Q3: 100
Q4: 130&up
Is this not enough/okay/plenty of power for each of these applications?
...or are we simply going to admit that we buy to whatever our budget can afford?
-hh
I started this thread and have been thoroughly involved in this for a while no.w I must say that your numbers are exactly what I was thinking when I was reading the questions. Even before I saw the numbers you listed below.