Hi, I'm UNIX user turned MAC about a year ago because of the UNIX underlayer of OS X. I bought the new ibook when it came out. I couldn't stand the horrible speed. Then I change…

I've found I have the same problem with my 550 Tibook. OS X is still slow, but from what I hear Apple will be addressing many speed issues soon. My friend has a Dual 450 G4, and …

I'm using a Pismo 500Mhz with 384Mb of RAM. OSX is very zippy on my machine and much faster than a friends Ti 550Mhz PB with less RAM installed. OSX eats RAM and you get a vast imp…

FWIW, my new PowerBook G4 800 seems faster than my flat-panel iMac 800. I don't think that's a surprise, but it's just my observation.

Quote: Originally posted by jwtseng: <STRONG>FWIW, my new PowerBook G4 800 seems faster than my flat-panel iMac 800. I don't think that's a surprise, but it's jus…

Quote: Originally posted by DNA man: <STRONG> Do they use the same G4 chip and have the same cache levels? I haven't seen the new G4 PB yet but I was more than h…

Quote: Originally posted by jwtseng: <STRONG>FWIW, my new PowerBook G4 800 seems faster than my flat-panel iMac 800. I don't think that's a surprise, but it's jus…

Quote: Originally posted by DNA man: <STRONG> Do they use the same G4 chip and have the same cache levels? I haven't seen the new G4 PB yet but I was more than h…

Quote: Originally posted by skyman: <STRONG>Higher temp slows performance.</STRONG> Only computers with intelligent CPU temperature scaling are im…

Another thing that affects the TiBook's speed is the Hard Drive. Below 48 gig HD's run at 4200 rpm. while the 48 gig and higher runs at 5400 rpm. The average desktop HD runs at 720…

Dual-processor machines run OS X extremely well. I can't say the same for single-processor machines like the iMac.

I think it can be summed up in the fact that the iMac is a consumer machine, and the PB is a professional. The specs reflect this ie, FSB 100 to 133, L3 Cache and the video card, t…

The HD in my Ti/500 has been getting progressively louder since I bought it. It seems to have peaked at a noise level that is just short of unbearable- it's only fractionally quiet…

I had the same problem, it was the hard drive. Bought a new 40GB IBM drive and it's much quieter now! The drive is available at GoogleGear for about $145 now. [ 05-05-2002: Mess…

I bought a new Travelstar 30GB (~$120, 3-4 months ago) from www.newegg.com, they have great prices and a great tracking system. Make sure to buy the GN IBM series, those are the…

my Ti500 drive (travelstar 30gt) is pretty loud now also. i just started shopping around for a replacement drive. the IBM GN and GH series both have the fluid dynamic stuff and o…

Most hard drives I've used have gradually gotten louder with time, except for the fluid-bearing IBM Travelstars. I've had a 48GB installed since late last summer, and it's still p…

Hi All, I have my PB 500 connected directly to my cable modem, using DHCP mode in the TCP/IP settings. Under conditions which I cannot replicate, but which happens a number of ti…

From what I hear about cable modems, they do not have static IP numbers. They have dynamic IP numbers. This might be what is causeing a problem. The change in IP numbers might b…

Yes, Macs can handle Dynamic IP Addresses. That is how Road Runner is set up. In the TC/IP control panel, my settings are connect via Ethernet, configure using DHCP server. Road Ru…

Crow, cable modems can either use DHCP or statics IP addresses - it's all how the server-side is setup. My Earthlink/Charter cable modem uses Static IP. Static IP is more reliable…

I live in LA. I just got a cable modem. I just got Airport. Seperately they are great bits of technology but... I can't get the Airport to work with the cable modem. Apple says it …

My IE 4.5 used to be a dog ! Very slow web-page refresh. Afetr I installed OE 5.0, (without any problems what-so-ever), my IE 4.5 browser is screaming fast ! Is it my imaginatio…

Same thing happened to me, although it wasn't quite as drastic. I just got a cable modem about 2 weeks, and I had noticed that netscape seemed to be considerably faster at renderi…

WOW! For me IE 4.5 is *definetly* faster after I installed OE 5.0. It's *much* much faster. I had found IE4.5 to be virtually unusable with my cable modem, but now it's much fast…