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.

Quote: 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…

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…

Quote: PC2700 >>>>>>>> PC133 In the PC world (and for G5 computers) this is true. However, the G4 does not support a DDR bus. Hence,…

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…

Quote: 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…

Quote: 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…

Quote: 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…

Quote: 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 …

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"…

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…

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.

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…

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…

Thanks for the info/experiences everyone!

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…

What about the Powerbook in G5? Is it posible to release for the next round? Since iBook has using the G4 processor now.

Quote: 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. …

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.

Yeah...I got my Powerbook 2 weeks before the Al ones hit, and people were saying to wait...but I was unsure because of Apple's Rev. A history. So I went with a Ti Book. I love it…

I have posted about the g5 powerbooks in a lot of other forums and here are the conclusions I have drawn. With the 90 nm process that they have supposedly just finished perfecting,…

I thinks we will see a minor bump to the powerbooks in a couple of months and then maybe the G5 in September.

Well the latest incarnation of the 'books came out in mid-September. The Powerbook G4 trade-in program runs through the end of March. I agree with most folks that if anything at …

Quote: Originally posted by Minty Fresh: Yeah...I got my Powerbook 2 weeks before the Al ones hit, and people were saying to wait...but I was unsure because of Apple's R…

Maybe we'll see a dual G4 17", using some underclocked CPUs to keep power and heat down.