On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 10:57:19AM -0600, David Welton wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 05:17:02AM -0600, Shiryu wrote: > > > I have powerbook 333Mhz, and it runs like 1/2 of the speed of my PII > > 400 Mhz, wasnt G3 supose to be much faster? ( I tested compilations > > on Debian, using time command). > > Compiling is not a very good way of benchmarking a processor - there > are too many factors involved...
Also notice that laptops are often much slower than their desktop counterparts. You should test the speed against a i386 laptop for comparison. Friendly, Sven LUTHER