I'm going from 400 mhz to quad core 3.0 ghz next week.
It's thrilling, isn't it?
That would most certainly be quite thrilling. Prepare to be blown away fairnymph!
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800Mhz to 2.66Ghz!!!
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That would most certainly be quite thrilling. Prepare to be blown away fairnymph!
Centris 610 @ 0.020GHz x 1 --> Mac Pro @ 2.66GHz x 4
That's 133 fold increase in processor speed (not counting the fact I have 4 CPUs vs. 1). You guys don't even come close
WOAH
How on earth did you do anything?WOAH
Easy -- I used PCs.
Did I answer your question? I thought not
Yes. I went from a 500Mhz G3 to a 2.0Ghz Core Duo. It was a MAJOR boost in speed.
Centris 610 @ 0.020GHz x 1 --> Mac Pro @ 2.66GHz x 4
That's 133 fold increase in processor speed (not counting the fact I have 4 CPUs vs. 1). You guys don't even come close
Man, I had a Centris 610 in college (and two pcs in between, not counting secondary laptops...).
cheers.
My upgrade progress from first rig to present
Amiga 500 8 mhz, 3 megs ram no hard drive, dual floppies!
Performa 6116 8 megs ram, 700 meg HD
Powermac G4, 350 mhz, 1.5 gigs ram, 2HDs, 10/40 gig
Powermac G4, 933 mhz, 1.5 gigs ram 3 HDs, 60/40/200 gig
Powermc G5, dual 2 ghz, 3.5 gigs ram, 2HDs, 160/300 gig
Mac Pro Quad 2.66, 1 gig ram (soon to be 5), four HDs 250/3@500
Amiga 500 8 mhz, 3 megs ram no hard drive, dual floppies!
Performa 6116 8 megs ram, 700 meg HD
Powermac G4, 350 mhz, 1.5 gigs ram, 2HDs, 10/40 gig
Powermac G4, 933 mhz, 1.5 gigs ram 3 HDs, 60/40/200 gig
Powermc G5, dual 2 ghz, 3.5 gigs ram, 2HDs, 160/300 gig
Mac Pro Quad 2.66, 1 gig ram (soon to be 5), four HDs 250/3@500
133 mhz, 32 mb of ram compaq (98)
1 ghz, 256mb of ram HP (XP)
2 ghz 512mb of ram Emachine (XP)
800mhz G3, 384 mb of ram, ibook (OS X)
Thats my upgrades
1 ghz, 256mb of ram HP (XP)
2 ghz 512mb of ram Emachine (XP)
800mhz G3, 384 mb of ram, ibook (OS X)
Thats my upgrades
i am probably going to make the biggest jump ever
I am on a 700 mhz G3 iBook with 648 megabytes of RAM
and i am getting a 2.66 ghz mac pro with 5 gigs of ram this june
i cant wait for the speed increase
Wow, your setup is identical to mine. Mac Pro 2.66 w/ Dell 2407WFP and Xbox 360. I purchased the Xbox 360 VGA adapter to plug into my Dell monitor (resulting in a better picture than component or composite). For audio, I plugged the Xbox 360 into the same Onkyo 500 watt receiver that my Mac Pro is plugged into.
Gaming on the 2407WFP is sweet.
when I made the switch to Mac, I went from a 3.6 GHz Pentium 4 to a 2.16Ghz Core Duo. Even though the proccessor was clocked slower, the Core Duo beat that P4 hands down. Plus I think that OSX is very streamline.
but it was an odd power jump. good move.
but it was an odd power jump.
good move.
My speed history:
.894MHz--> 1MHz--> 25MHz--> 266Mhz--> 533MHz (x2)--> 1.4GHz
Or by CPU (all Motorola chips!)
6809 --> 6502 --> 68040 --> 7451 --> 7455
I also had a 2.5 GHz Celeron, but the less said about that the better.
.894MHz--> 1MHz--> 25MHz--> 266Mhz--> 533MHz (x2)--> 1.4GHz
Or by CPU (all Motorola chips!)
6809 --> 6502 --> 68040 --> 7451 --> 7455
I also had a 2.5 GHz Celeron, but the less said about that the better.
My speed history:
I also had a 2.5 GHz Celeron, but the less said about that the better.
yeahhhhhh, I agree haha jk.
My original Mac was 6 MHz.
No typo, no missing digits
I also can remember buying a DayStar Digital 32 MHz accelerator for my 16 MHz Mac SE/30.
And I thought that was fast!
No typo, no missing digits
I also can remember buying a DayStar Digital 32 MHz accelerator for my 16 MHz Mac SE/30.
And I thought that was fast!
I guess... but it's not all that uncommon with how far technology has progressed in the past 5 or 6 years. I guess if a person upgrades every year, their increases in performance will be less noticeable. I'm not going to go through all the machines I've had, but I'll just go with my two most recent Macintoshes, which also represent the largest increase in speed.
iMac G3 500MHz -> 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook.
EDIT: Oh, and congratulations on your purchase! Hopefully it serves you as faithfully as the Powerbook G4.
Nah, hopefully I'll only have to survive two more months with my trusty but slow cube. Then on to dual core Intel goodness!
I'm still waiting to break the GHz Barrier with my Macs. My fastest Mac is a dual 500MHz G4 (still fast by todays standards), but hope to get an Aluminum Powerbook as my next main unit.
My PC speed bumps have gone 167MHz, -> 700MHz, 3.0 GHz
Apple speed bumps 16MHz -> 500MHz (G3) -> dual 500MHz (G4)
although I recently recieved an 8100/100 as a gift
My PC speed bumps have gone 167MHz, -> 700MHz, 3.0 GHz
Apple speed bumps 16MHz -> 500MHz (G3) -> dual 500MHz (G4)
although I recently recieved an 8100/100 as a gift
Yellow is composite video. If you're using component on the 360 you can ignore it. Red and white are audio.
I'm still waiting to break the GHz Barrier with my Macs. My fastest Mac is a dual 500MHz G4 (still fast by todays standards), but hope to get an Aluminum Powerbook as my next main unit.
My PC speed bumps have gone 167MHz, -> 700MHz, 3.0 GHz
Apple speed bumps 16MHz -> 500MHz (G3) -> dual 500MHz (G4)
although I recently recieved an 8100/100 as a gift
wow... I love the older macs. I dont know why, I have a bit of a soft spot for the PPC. it was trusty, worked hard, and did what we all wanted it to do. Then intel came along, tucked PPC into bed, and now getting what we want doing... quicker!
Same here, I fondly remember the days of PowerPC- there was just something 'magical' about using a chip different than anyone else.
That being said, I think that the move to Intel was for the best (especially in terms of notebook processors).