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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / December 200512'' Powerbook 1.33ghz Vs. 1.5ghz
I'm debating whether to get a 1.33 or 1.5. Does anyone know if there much difference in performance?? let me know ASAP. thank you Probably about 12% :) > I'm debating whether to get a 1.33 or 1.5. Does anyone know if there > much difference in performance?? let me know ASAP. thank you Jona- If there was no other difference, a program operation that took 15 seconds on the slower machine might take 13.3 seconds on the faster one. Do you consider that significant? How about 15 minutes vs 13.3 minutes? Look for other differences to compare. Does the newer one allow a larger RAM maximum size? Is the bus faster? Is the hard driver larger? Is the hard drive faster? Does the newer one have Airport and Bluetooth included? If cost is more important than any of these, perhaps you would be satisfied with an iBook. Otherwise go for the newest and fastest available, and max-out the RAM. Fred > > I'm debating whether to get a 1.33 or 1.5. Does anyone know if there > > much difference in performance?? let me know ASAP. thank you the speed difference is negligible the 1.5 has 256k more RAM on the motherboard also a faster DVD burner thats about it if it is just $150 difference, judge for yourself whether it is worth it > > > I'm debating whether to get a 1.33 or 1.5. Does anyone know if there > > > much difference in performance?? let me know ASAP. thank you > > the speed difference is negligible > the 1.5 has 256k more RAM on the motherboard It comes with 256MB on the motherboard, just like the 1.33GHz did. The difference is that the base configuration is 512MB instead of the older 256MB base memory. Both max out at 1.25GB memory. 512MB is OK, but more is better, and upgrading either to 1.25GB memory is going to run about the same. > also a faster DVD burner > thats about it > if it is just $150 difference, judge for yourself whether it is worth it You can also look at it this way. For about the same cost you can choose between 1.33 Ghz w/ 1gb of ram, and 1.5ghz with 512 mb. Personally, I'd take the extra ram. Both computers are going to be equally slow in a year or two, and over time the amount of ram becomes the most significant factor in determining how useful a computer is. A 500mhz iBook with 640mb of ram (a generous amount at the time) can still run the latest versions of OSX and iLife. A 600mhz iBook with 128mb (the default configuration at the time) can't. |
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