Is This a Good Buy? — #7
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Originally posted by selowitch:
http://www.compubizusa.com/m8858lla.html
I'm attracted to this model at that price b/c it has DVI out and a decent (though not bl…
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Is This a Good Buy? — #8
Steer clear of this computer, for another 150 you can get a powerbook off an edu discount, or find an apple refurb with a better processor.
Their bizrate ratings are not great, a …
Is This a Good Buy? — #9
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Originally posted by macross:
At that price no, find a friend with a student discount and ask him/her to get you a pb. Around that price i can get a new 15" pb w…
Is This a Good Buy? — #10
your sister should be able to walk into an apple store, if you like, say "i'd like one of these" ... then show proof of affiliation.
actually, all i had to do was give the zip cod…
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"…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #1
Had to call apple again today. Was using my PB (550 G4) when I got a black scrolling line and a flicker in the screen. It happened a few times.
Now, this is an almost 2 year old…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #2
Persistent. Keep bugging Apple Care til they break (give u the al-book 1Ghz combo as compensation) or you break. (ur lust over 1.25Ghz al-book overcomes your sense) ^_^"
1) your…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #3
At least you have AppleCare...see this thread:
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=193819
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #4
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Originally posted by Macola:
At least you have AppleCare...see this thread:
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=193819
Sounds like fun.
I'm proba…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #5
Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
Kidding aside, Scott-- you did get AppleCare, and you're not paying a cent, right?
What a pain! I generally have had only 2 out of 7 sy…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #6
And what operating system will you run on this IBM laptop??
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #7
IBM makes the highest quality laptops on the planet, but they're also the most expensive...and you have to run XP. Is it worth it, Scott?
Everyone should use the tool that best en…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #8
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Originally posted by Davidarm:
IBM makes the highest quality laptops on the planet, but they're also the most expensive...and you have to run XP. Is it worth it, …
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #9
My last experience with IBM laptops was with 4 Thinkpad i1200s. They were rather unpleasant little machines, with ME installed. I can understand them being buggy and unreliable bec…