InTheSand wrote:
Hmm... Weren't the first PPC-based Macs slower than their 68040-based counterparts to start with? Especially with earlier versions of the OS that were still mostly 68k-based?
This was due to the small 8k cache on the PPC603. The 68k emulator could not fit in that small of a cache. The PPC603e fixed this problem with a 16k cache which easily accomodated the 68k CPU emulator.
EDIT - I also forgot about the 601-based units.
