Mac in the movies — #4
Aragorn used an AluBook in ROTK.
It was really easy to miss though.
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Mac in the movies — #3
Not movies, but still Macs:
Smallville: Chloe had (maybe still has) an orange iMac.
24: Everybody at CTU owns a G5.
Mac in the movies — #2
sex and the city, g3 laptop used.
Mac in the movies — #1
Recall any movies where Mac are featured ? Last one I remember was in Femme Fatale where Anthonio Banderas was downloading photos. Only managed to get a glimpse of the Cinema Displ…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #1
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 the newer ones actually not as fast, at least in ter…
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…
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!
Any rumors about new release of PowerBook? — #1
Hi,
Anyone know when is the next release for the PowerBook? I was thinking to buy the new PowerBook 15" one month ago, but the reseller that I know told me don't get this batch, c…
Any rumors about new release of PowerBook? — #2
What about the Powerbook in G5? Is it posible to release for the next round? Since iBook has using the G4 processor now.
Any rumors about new release of PowerBook? — #3
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Originally posted by DesignByJack:
What about the Powerbook in G5? Is it posible to release for the next round? Since iBook has using the G4 processor now.
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Any rumors about new release of PowerBook? — #4
Well!! this will be good! But people always say never get the first release of any range of the new product, it usually cost many problem then the second release.