[Pythonmac-SIG] 2.4.3 performance, Macbook Pro vs iBook G4 12"

[Alex Martelli]

I'm wondering about comparative performance -- shouldn't a Macbook  
Pro 2.0 GHz be VASTLY faster than a humble iBook G4 12" (1.33 GHz PPC  
G4)?

And yet, pybench 1.0 tells me: 7806 ms on the iBook, 7721 on the  
Macbook; also, the iBook measures at 22026 pystones/sec, the Macbook  
at 22624.  That's with 2.4.3 on both.  Am I doing something wrong,  
are there problems with the recent 2.4.3 Universal release, or are  
the two machines REALLY that close...?!


Alex