David Bertrand Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 I recently upgraded my G4 Powerbook. I added nearly a gig of memory -- now up to 1.25 gig; and I had the new Tiger OS 10.4.4 installed. The results are a vast improvement in performance -- maybe 3-4 times faster in processing speed. I have no way of measuring accurately. A typical 2D drawing (about 800 mb) loads in a little more than a blink. I would urge anyone using this computer model to upgrade. I makes for a much more pleasant experience. Quote Link to comment
David Bertrand Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 I'm sorry. I neglected to mention that I upgraded from OS 10.2 to OS 10.4. That may have been significant since OS-X didn't get into its stride until OS 10.3. My original ram was 512 meg. Quote Link to comment
alanmac Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 You have files of eight hundred megabytes? That's the equivalent of about six hundred of the old floppy discs(remember those). And you say in 2D - that's a huge amount of information. People said mine at 100mb was very high and these are 3D. Alan [ 01-27-2006, 03:44 PM: Message edited by: alanmac ] Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 "A typical 2D drawing (about 800 mb) loads in a little more than a blink" On my G5 loading 800mb file would take about 3-5 minutes. I've not tried that yet ... can't even image a 2d file that large. Yes ... RAM makes all the difference ... Certainly, you must mean 800kb Now that should load in a blink ... ; > ) Quote Link to comment
David Bertrand Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Oops. Make that 800 kb. It appears that ram does make the difference. There's a pause while the file loads into memory, and then it's thrown onto the screen. Prior to the upgrade my Powerbook was only slightly faster graphically than my old Amiga, which was powered by a 68060. Quote Link to comment
David Bertrand Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 I've got an early (2003) 15" G4 Powerbook. It came with factory defect "white spots" on the display which Apple replaced under warranty. It's been very dependable otherwise. I miss the simple efficiency of the Amiga hardware and OS. I have a 4000 tower. I liked that it was basically a CLI computer and everything, including the GUI, ran from the command line. Gave me the feeling of control that I don't have with the Mac. Unfortunately, Amiga software and hardware fell way behind in the early '90s. Quote Link to comment
Jacques Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 quote: Originally posted by david bertrand: ... old Amiga, which was powered by a 68060. Now those were good times! Sorry, a bit off topic...I had a A1200...Fantastic machine...Even at 14Mhz (68020) with only 2mb of RAM!!! Pity... Anyway...What model and speed is your Powerbook David? -JTo Quote Link to comment
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