What is the fastest PPC Powerbook?

#1 Wed, 21 May 2008 - 21:32

Subject says it all.

#2 Wed, 21 May 2008 - 21:48

Fastest at all? PowerBook G4 1.67 Ghz (the very last one)

Fastest G3? Pismo G3/500 (stock)

Fastest non-G3? PowerBook 3400c/240

#3 Wed, 21 May 2008 - 21:58

Thx

#4 Wed, 21 May 2008 - 22:09

Although, if you include upgrades, you can reach 1.92 GHz with a (now discontinued) Daystar upgrade on any of the Aluminum PowerBooks.

It's odd, they have discontinued the Aluminum and Titanium upgrades, but they still make upgrades for the Pismo and Lombard! I'd rather upgrade my 12" PowerBook to 1.92 GHz than upgrade my Lombard to 550 MHz...

#5 Wed, 21 May 2008 - 23:07

damn a 1.92GHz 12" would be amazing :O

but its not worth the jump from 1.5 to 1.92 on my powabook.

#6 Wed, 21 May 2008 - 23:36

I have the 1.67.

I'd upgrade to 1.9 just to do it, but I bet it would have been ridiculously expensive.

#7 Wed, 21 May 2008 - 23:41

damn a 1.92GHz 12" would be amazing :O

According to the DayStar site, the 12" upgrade only went up to 1.67GHz and the 17" to 1.83GHz. However, the 15" could be upgraded all the way to 2.0GHz!

http://daystartechnology.com/Apple_Mac_Products/XLR8_Macintosh_Products/Mac_CPU_G4_Upgrade_PowerBook_AL_PS.html

#8 Thu, 22 May 2008 - 00:20

I wonder how much that extra heat affects long term performance.

The pismo upgrades are probably just old leftover stock and they sold out of the newer upgrades.

#9 Thu, 22 May 2008 - 14:24

for upgrading your G4 book they did solder in a new CPU and "OC´d" the thing if i remember right, hm?

seeing how hot my 1.5 12" gets now i dont really want a 1.67 in there tho.

#10 Thu, 22 May 2008 - 15:24

Just get G4 Fan Control and be done with it

#11 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 - 18:47

1GHz TiBook is the fastest PowerBook that (natively) boots MacOS 9