MOVED: The upcoming iBook update vs. PBG4 500

neilyb

Hi,



I bought my PB G4 500 when I was worikng in design and needed it's big screen etc.



I'm now back in grad school full time for two years, and all I use my laptop for now is writing papers, internet, itunes, iphoto, ical... that kind of stuff.



I'm very tempted by the iBooks compact size, but I'm worried about going from a G4 to a G3 especially with OSX supposedly relying more and more on altivec.



But should I be concerned if I'm going form a 500 Mhz G4 to 800 Mhz G3? Will the 300 MHZ jump trump any gains I would have gotten form the G4's altivec?



thanks for any help,

NeilyB



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stoo

In non-Altivec applications the iBook will be slower than the TiBook 500.



For non-Altivec applications the iBook will be faster: the 750fx is a speedy processor and can keep up with G4s at the same clock speed if Altivec is not involved.



The main "problem" with the current iBooks is not the lack of a G4 but a lack of RAM, as OS X needs 256MB+ to work efficiently. Hopefully this will be sorted with the next revision.



The iBook has a Radeon Mobility, which allows 10.2's Quartz Extreme to be used; the TiBook can't use this with its Rage 128 graphics chipset.



Anyone with some practical experience of the TiBook 500/iBook 2002 able to comment?

eddively

if you are confused by that last post here ya go...

IN ALTIVEC apps it MAY still be slower, but not by much, that extra 300 MHz should do a lot for you (and depending on what kind of app, the better graphic card should help a lot too).

In NON-Altivec apps the iBook is a safe bet.



go for the ibook...its svelt.

bodhi

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