What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #2
It is very hard to describe the performance trade off based on cache. I can tell you this is entirely upto the progams you used.
L2 cache are on-die, which means the interconne…
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What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #3
From what I have heard L2 is much faster than L3, so you go for a higher l2 count. There is good discussion on this over at tomshardware.com.
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #4
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Originally posted by selowitch:
It seems as though some earlier PowerBooks had 1MB of L3 cache, whereas the newer ones have only 256k of L2. What's better? Are th…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #5
Just thought I'd mention that the same program totally smokes anything else I've seen on a Power Mac G4 with dual 1.42GHz chips - 2MB L3 cache per chip. Unfortunately, I haven't ha…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #6
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PC2700 >>>>>>>> PC133
In the PC world (and for G5 computers) this is true. However, the G4 does not support a DDR bus. Hence,…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #7
Virtual PC, at least in the Connectix incarnations, was optimized for 512k cache, so any machine with only 256k, whether L2 or L3, is noticeably slower running VPC than a machine w…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #8
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Originally posted by anaphora68:
From what I have heard L2 is much faster than L3, so you go for a higher l2 count. There is good discussion on this over at tomsh…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #9
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Originally posted by power142:
I have a particular program (pymol) that I run a lot that I've noticed a hit from going from Rev A 17-inch to 15-inch Albook (1.25G…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #10
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Originally posted by vancenase:
power142 -- doyou use the fink version or 'native' version of pymol? i'll have to do a (time) test of a revB 17" and a 15 Ti-book…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #11
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Originally posted by power142:
ae86_16v - I'm not 100% certain what the L3 speed is, but even if it's only 250MHz, it's still faster than the main memory speed …
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #12
The 17" version A had L3 while the 17" Version B has L2.
Here is what Barefeats has to say:
http://www.barefeats.com/al15.html
Notice also that the Ghz Ti surpasses the Ver A 17"…
Transfer of Apple warranty when selling machine? — #1
Greetings,
First time I've been faced with this one! I'm selling my G5. (long story, don't ask) It is of course still under the factory warranty. I also never registered the mac…
Transfer of Apple warranty when selling machine? — #2
No problems whatsoever. Just send the buyer a copy of the original invoice. With that and the terms of sale they can get it transferred over.
Transfer of Apple warranty when selling machine? — #3
I know for applecare I had to send an a certified letter to apple in texas with a copy of my receipt and the serial number of the my machine and the new owner's name. Might not be…
Transfer of Apple warranty when selling machine? — #4
You don't really need to do anything extra for the normal warranty. I bought an almost-new PowerBook from a client last year and had to have it serviced within the one-year warrant…
Transfer of Apple warranty when selling machine? — #5
Thanks for the info/experiences everyone!
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #1
G'day,
Has anyone used Freeway Express 3.5? Does it work well, stable, etc? Are they any browser or web host compatiblity issues using this Apple only product? Do I need to qui…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #2
I don't know much about FW Express, but I passed on it due to the fact that it does not save in HTML format, but, rather, uses a proprietary format. I presume that Freeway pages r…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #3
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Originally posted by Starry Night:
My searching for a low cost WYSIWYG alternative has led me to Freeway Express 3.5 ($99).
Please provide your feedback!
Thanks.…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #4
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Originally posted by fat mac moron:
You might want to check out Rapidweaver for a simple, SIMPLE WYSIWYG editor. It's very basic, but it exports html which you ca…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #5
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Originally posted by Starry Night:
Do I need to be concerned about Freeway generating websites that are not compatible with web hosts and windows users?
No. Th…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #6
I've used Freeway for about a year to maintain a very small site for a local activist community. I found that it suited my needs well, although there were a couple of occasions whe…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #7
Freeway is actually a desktop publishing application for creating websites. Like others have said, it allows for a lot of creativity.
In other words, you focus on the visual desig…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #8
Thanks everyone for the advice. I would download the demo but it's the full version and at 50MB with my slow dial up connection, could take 6 hours to download.
Does Freeway Expr…
Freeway Express 3.5 any good? — #9
Edit: Not using Freeway anymore. I"ve moved on to CSS and hand coding. I am editing this post because I was still getting hits from this thread,