[geeks] PowerBooks and OS X

[Big Endian]

>Hiya,
>
>OK, so I understand the big difference between the Lombard and Pismo as
>far as OS X is concerned is the video chip, yes? No support for the
>accelerated functions of the Rage LT Pro, right? What does that mean in
>practical terms for running OS X on the Lombard?

OS X will function fine on the Lombard.  The issue is that the Rage 
LT Pro won't have any of its acceleration functions enabled, so it 
will feel *VERY* slow under Aqua.  Also the Pismo has a Rage M3 chip 
which actually has two controllers in it so you can dual head a Pismo 
w/ a monitor, the Lombard is limited to video mirroring.  The other 
major difference is a 66mhz bus on the Lombard, vs a 100mhz bus on 
the pismo.  Aqua stuff is *HUGE* in memory and the faster you can 
move that data the better.  Other than those two things, under OS X a 
400 Pismo and a 400 Lombard are about equal.

daniel
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