To clear up a couple of things: I know what you are getting at with the "jagged lines that don't match up". It is also called the blind effect and it happens on more than just App…

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.