[Cialug] Mac Powerbook for linux?

[Bryan Baker]

Here's a chart that tries to map proc performance across mfr's:
http://www.systemshootouts.org/processors.html
It doesn't go back to the G3 but it'll give you an idea where things 
fall.

I have 10.2 running on an original G3 tower (thanks Barry) that, after 
I replaced the smallish and krufty/slow internal HD with a new Seagate 
80G runs pretty nicely (I also bumped the processor slightly to a 300mz 
G3 I had in another system). It's OK for the bedroom surfing machine it 
is. That said, we're about to get a dual G5 for my office, replace that 
machine w/ the 800mz G4 iMac 17" I run now, and bump the G3 down to the 
kid.

I think OSX up through Panther is supported on that machine (though it 
won't "shine") - though, unlike MS, the rule has been (recently) the 
newer the OS the faster, on the same HW). They've been very good about 
the optimization part of the life cycle (partly because 10.0 was sooo 
slow).

On May 25, 2005, at 4:00 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> 400 Mhz, so it looks like the last of that series.
>
> I've read before that 400 MHz Apple is not equal to 400 MHz PC.
> It also has 8MB video RAM and DVD.
>
> Any tips?
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