Re: PowerBook G4
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
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