On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 00:18, Rogério Brito wrote: > 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?
It's correct that it uses a different CPU, but I'm not sure about its power consumption. I thought it was the opposite. > 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? No, I think the 600 MHz iBook should do it. I think there have been some posts confirming this. > 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. :-) xine can do that too, and you don't even have to build it yourself. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
