On Jan 03 2002, jtv wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:56:28PM +0100, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote:
> > >
> > > If it's over 500 MHz, it's the new model.
> > Ok good to know :)
>
> Not that the old model isn't nice, though. :)
As far as I read, the newer model uses a different processor
than the older model, that consumes less power. Is that
correct?
I'm reading a lot about the portables made by Apple because
I'm interested in getting one (especially after hearing about
the long battery life claims).
And can anybody help with some questions that I have regarding
the new iBooks? Are the 600MHz ones sufficient to play DVDs
under Debian (say, with xine or vlc)? I've read that both
programs currently work with altivec, but is altivec strictly
necessary for playing DVDs with PPCs?
The other solution (i.e. booting MacOS X) is not that bad, but
if I could do all that under Debian, it would be nice.
[]s, Roger...
P.S.: It's also nice that mplayer can be compiled on PPC (well, at
least 0.60pre2 could -- I don't know about 0.60 final :-) ). So, DivX
movies can be played with a Mac running Debian. :-)
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