Alright lets go over this. What determines speed of your computer.
well lots of things:
Proc Speed: how many cycles in 1 second, how fast it can handle process in 1 cycle. Faster the speed the more it can handle.
Proc Bits: How many lanes of trafic. 32 64 128. well 32 bit can push 32 bits at once to the proc where as 64 can push 64 and 128, 128. As you guessed the more bits the more information. New macs are 128 bit. PC's are usually 32 and some are 64.
Proc Arcetechure: RISc or CISc,
RISc is a reduced instruction set chip(is that correct). And it takes less instructions for the basic things. Like adding. Yet for more complex things it takes a few more. CISc is a Complex Instruction Set chip. This thing takes more complex approches twords simple things. yet it can do more complex things with greater ease. Mac uses risc. a Pc generally cisc.
Front Side Bus (FSB): FBS is the connection between the CPU, memory and other stuff (ie agp and pci buses). The FBS is used to figure the multiplier for you CPU. Divide MHZ/FSB and get your mulitplier.
Macs are generlly good systems. Can't really build them your self. and fora good reason. To enforce compatibility. Xbrand may not be compatibal with Ybrand on a PC. but mac steers away from that. Although if you tried hard you can build a mac from scratch. The OS is very very solid. Unlike windows. I dont know much about the os other than the basis of the kernal. BSD 4.4. PC windows has been getting better, not all that much faster but better.
Thats about all i can say. TURN OF THE PRETTY GUI for speed increase
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Alright lets go over this. What determines speed of your computer. well lots of things: Proc Speed: how many cycles in 1 second, how fast it can handle process in 1 cycle. Faster the speed the more it can handle. Proc Bits: How many lanes of trafic. 32 64 128. well 32 bit can push 32 bits at once to the proc where as 64 can push 64 and 128, 128. As you guessed the more bits the more information. New macs are 128 bit. PC's are usually 32 and some are 64. Proc Arcetechure: RISc or CISc, RISc is a reduced instruction set chip(is that correct). And it takes less instructions for the basic things. Like adding. Yet for more complex things it takes a few more. CISc is a Complex Instruction Set chip. This thing takes more complex approches twords simple things. yet it can do more complex things with greater ease. Mac uses risc. a Pc generally cisc. Front Side Bus (FSB): FBS is the connection between the CPU, memory and other stuff (ie agp and pci buses). The FBS is used to figure the multiplier for you CPU. Divide MHZ/FSB and get your mulitplier. Macs are generlly good systems. Can't really build them your self. and fora good reason. To enforce compatibility. Xbrand may not be compatibal with Ybrand on a PC. but mac steers away from that. Although if you tried hard you can build a mac from scratch. The OS is very very solid. Unlike windows. I dont know much about the os other than the basis of the kernal. BSD 4.4. PC windows has been getting better, not all that much faster but better. Thats about all i can say. TURN OF THE PRETTY GUI for speed increase