New PB Bus Speeds

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• Reply 1 of 10

  murbot Posts: 5,262member

  January 7, 2003 5:42PM

  Probably 133 for the 12" and 167 for the 17", since they're using PC2100 266MMz and PC2700 333 MHz RAM, respectively.
  
  
  
  Same setup as the dual 867 and dual GHz PowerMacs?
  
  
  
  [ 01-07-2003: Message edited by: murbot ]</p>
• Reply 2 of 10

  bodhi Posts: 1,424member

  January 7, 2003 5:51PM

  But it just seems like they are avoiding this for some reason...
• Reply 3 of 10

  murbot Posts: 5,262member

  January 7, 2003 5:54PM

  You're right... it is odd that they wouldn't have it mentioned on the specifications page.
  
  
  
  <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
• Reply 4 of 10

  brussell Posts: 9,812member

  January 7, 2003 6:06PM

  An optimistic possibility: this is a new G4 chip. Maybe a .13 7457 (or whatever they call it). Maybe the busses are actually 266 and 333 but they don't want to admit it until the PowerMacs come with the same chip in a few weeks?
• Reply 5 of 10

  jante99 Posts: 539member

  January 7, 2003 6:13PM

  The 12" Powerbook uses 256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM.
  
  The 17" Powerbook 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM.
  
  
  
  No mention of bus speed.
  
  The Powermac page frequently mentions the 167 bus. The Powerbooks have to have this atleast or they couldn't run DDR.
• Reply 6 of 10

  bodhi Posts: 1,424member

  January 7, 2003 6:27PM

  The 12" can run at 133 with that RAM.
• Reply 7 of 10

  escher Posts: 1,811member

  January 7, 2003 7:04PM

  [quote]Originally posted by murbot:
  
  <strong>Probably 133 for the 12" and 167 for the 17",</strong><hr></blockquote>
  
  
  
  That's right. See the the real-life pics of the new PowerBooks, complete with System Profiler screenshots, on this <a href="http://suyama.co.jp/index.html"; target="_blank">Japanese site</a> for confirmation. Boy do I want that 12" PowerBook. I love my iBook, but the PowerBook is just sooo much prettier.
  
  
  
  Escher
• Reply 8 of 10

  brussell Posts: 9,812member

  January 7, 2003 7:49PM

  Yeah, Escher. From the system profiler of the 17":
  
  
• Reply 9 of 10

  frank_t Posts: 428member

  January 7, 2003 8:48PM

  Is that 10.2.4!? in that pic?
  
  
  
  Frank_t
• Reply 10 of 10

  eman Posts: 7,204member

  January 7, 2003 8:52PM

  [quote]Originally posted by frank_t:
  
  <strong>Is that 10.2.4!? in that pic?
  
  
  
  Frank_t</strong><hr></blockquote>
  
  
  
  Yeah. I started a thread about it in the OS X forum.