Apple like to still make computers that contain G4 processors. Surprisingly, the performance of these is not too bad - link
- Its been said that a same speed G4 can out-perform a G5. Luckily G5 goes from 1.6ghz to 2.4ish, but it does explain why the powerbook g4 1.67 exists. Anyway, you can overclock your mini if you like (and apple could one day release a dual processor 1.6 machine)
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I've ticked the box that says 'comments in pop-up window' but i think you still may need to tick the box on the right to say 'links open windows' - so will you be buying a mini mac, or a G5 if you had the choice?
ah you have to click 'comments' then the next bit 'post a comment' pops up.
"We evaluated journaling vs. non-journaled disk volumes and found surprisingly little difference between the two, although it probably should be disabled for the highest performance." whaqt so they were journaling their experience while they were testing! that's a bit daft!
testing / conclusions seem a bit flawed
"G4 powerbook almost as fast as G5 in tests"
yet they test the graphics chip in nearly all the tests, but don't bother mentioning what graphics chips all the systems have (in the list at the top) - so perhaps the G4 powerbook has the best gfx chip?
"The other Macs - iBook, Mini and eMac - all share Radeon 9200 graphics controllers, and their test results were similar, well off the top pace." .. yeah they could have been a bit more clear about this..
journalling is like an add on to the way the o/s does files.. it means that you can track whether the last file you wrote was actually written (or something).. I expect it means you don't lose files.. not that I ever have..
see here for more info.
yeah i know. i was just trying to be funny :)
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