In today’s video we compare my Late 2005 1.5GHz Mac Mini G4 to my Early 2006 1.5GHz Mac Mini Intel Core Solo and see just how different the architecture change really was.
(Update: I forgot to mention PPC code in Rosetta ran slower on Intel too so that’s another advantage for the G4)
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:20 Spec Info
6:18 Graphics Test Ideas
6:44 Graphics Benchmark
7:57 More Info On The Minis
8:56 Why This G4 Is So Rare
11:04 External Differences
12:10 The Different Advantages
12:55 Why I Chose TFF For The Browser
13:26 Web Browser Performance
20:13 Geekbench 2
21:15 GB2 Results
23:20 Xbench
23:41 XB Results
26:52 Wrap Up
34:31 PPCChallenge25 Info
35:57 Outro & End Credits
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