G4 MDD- feels faster then PM G5

[uniserver]

i have the eMac Mac OS 9.22 installed and i am dual booting OSX 10.4.11

Everything in Tiger is fully updated.

I've been using it lately as my every day computer.

mainly because i sold my 2.7 Ghz G5, and now have the MDD Hooked into my 20" Apple Cinema Display.

installed is 2gb ram and Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 120 gig EIDE HD,

Safari seems to fly,Youtube vid's come in great, facebook works great.

Granted the G5 had leopard 10.5.8 installed, 2.7 ghz, 5gig ram, 160 gig western digital,

The G5 felt slow and sluggish , and anything you did that required a little processor - the fans would spin up like a jet engine and then spin back down.

Its really no different from any of the many other G5 Power Mac's i'v had…

Really, using this MDD as my main system is mainly accidental mixed with some lazyness,

but as i'm using it, its showing me it's fast and works dam good…

I'm thinking because all the software its running is optimized for its hardware!

The G5 (seems) (to me) like it's stuck in some funny 32bit Compatibility Mode all the time.

All the software was/is 32 bit, the G5 was a 64 bit cpu, but would run 32 bit code, but was a SLUG.

With the Drag strip analogy if your specialized app was properly written for the G5, (then it would scream)

That is why this pretty old Dual CPU MDD Powermac, Feels Fast and runs great.

Basically, i'm not moving it, just going to keep using it.

it's swiftly doing everything i need.

I know people like to talk up the machines they happen to be using at the time.

but for my use this MDD is getting it done for me.

 

[bizzle]

I felt the same way with my dual 1.58ghz (overclocked 1.42) MDD. It always seemed a hell of a lot more responsive than my dual 2.0ghz G5 with a buttload of RAM. Both had the same Radeon 9800 Pro GPU.

 

[kissmyash933]

I also feel the same way.

My dual 1GHz Quicksilver feels faster than my dual 1.8 g5.

The G5 was the worst machine I've ever purchased, and is currently in the kernel-panic-of-death-spiral. :'(

 

[uniserver]

i ended up installing leopard on it, i've been using it as my main computer for about 5 weeks now... i mean it works fine.. i don't even realize its a old computer.

my G4 MDD RULES and i can just boot back and forth, from Leopard to 9.22, with startup disk.

i do notice when i choose anything over 480p in youtube.

 

[mcdermd]

Yeah, YouTube is basically a sideshow, isn't it?

 

[uniserver]

Under 480p it's fine.

As long as safari is the only app open. .

If other stuff is going then even 480p is not good, The 300 and 200 are always smooth,

 

[uniserver]

By the way. I'm glad I sold the powermac dual 2.7ghz, I had some money into it, basically broke even, but glad it's gone. Sold it for 300 plus 20 for gas on cl.

 

[highlandcattle]

You don't use youview? then you can run you tube vids pretty fast

 

[commodorejohn]

Yeah, YouView or MacsTube will significantly improve video performance over Flash video players on the G4. Still, there's only so much you can manage on a 167MHz FSB.