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700mhz Mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="coach_z" data-source="post: 350925" data-attributes="member: 5513"><p>like stated already a few times, that 700mhz mac you are talking about is built on the PowerPC Architecture which is completely different than x86 technology. it processes information completely differently a lot faster than you'd think....</p><p></p><p>there was a basic rule of thumb floating around for years....too bad this rule of thumb was basically wrong but it gave a decent ballpark. to get the x86 equivalent of a ppc processor i believe you multiplied the PPC processor speed x 1.5 so, 700mhz x 1.5 = about a 1ghz processor....now this is not a good way to compare the processors but it gives a ballpark and helps explain further that the ppc processors are faster than they appear</p><p>-chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coach_z, post: 350925, member: 5513"] like stated already a few times, that 700mhz mac you are talking about is built on the PowerPC Architecture which is completely different than x86 technology. it processes information completely differently a lot faster than you'd think.... there was a basic rule of thumb floating around for years....too bad this rule of thumb was basically wrong but it gave a decent ballpark. to get the x86 equivalent of a ppc processor i believe you multiplied the PPC processor speed x 1.5 so, 700mhz x 1.5 = about a 1ghz processor....now this is not a good way to compare the processors but it gives a ballpark and helps explain further that the ppc processors are faster than they appear -chris [/QUOTE]
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