silentsnake09
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I own a powerbook G4 (1.33ghz) and I am very interested by the new macbooks. How much faster is the macbook than my G4 powerbook? Is it even worth the upgrade?
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powerbook g4 vs. macbook.....
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It's worth the upgrade if you run universal apps that don't need to use Rosetta. It looks alot faster than a 1.33 G4. On Apple's website it says the macbook is 5 times faster than a 1.42 G4, and even though those are benchmarks, it will be alot faster in general use too. The dual cores help alot, especially if you have 2 gigs of ram. If you run things like Photoshop, then you would probably want to hold off until those apps go universal. And powerbooks have discreet graphics, unlike the macbook, so games won't perform as well (unless you get a macbook pro).
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Using universal applications there will be a huge difference. Not I'd say it's at least TWICE as fast. Having said that, the list of universal applications isn't as long as it should be, and running older PPC apps under Rosetta will be slower than your current computer.
silentsnake09
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eh i didnt realize the videocard sucks, guess i will sitck to g4 for a while and get macbook pro when lepoard comes out.
I sold my powerbook 15in 1.25ghz in order to get a macbook and I immediately noticed a huge upgrade in speed. To top it off the display is so much brighter and more pleasant to look at it really seems a leap forward in every department. I guess the only negative would be if you want to play games on the macbook, this wasnt an issue for me because my laptops are purely for mobile use.
If you do get a macbook definitely upgrade the RAM I think the 512 it comes with is not enough to run more than 2 programs at the same time.
If you do get a macbook definitely upgrade the RAM I think the 512 it comes with is not enough to run more than 2 programs at the same time.
chris y. said:I sold my powerbook 15in 1.25ghz in order to get a macbook and I immediately noticed a huge upgrade in speed. To top it off the display is so much brighter and more pleasant to look at it really seems a leap forward in every department. I guess the only negative would be if you want to play games on the macbook, this wasnt an issue for me because my laptops are purely for mobile use.
If you do get a macbook definitely upgrade the RAM I think the 512 it comes with is not enough to run more than 2 programs at the same time.
512mb is definitely enoug to do most things without a hitch (messenger, firefox, tunes, some other program - even garageband) at the same time. Still, I'd suggest getting more RAM.