Dear Harry, Thank you for your reply:
On 2003-02-17 03:52, "Harry Zink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 2/15/03 9:06 PM, SVEN AERTS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> As per apple system profiler? >> Is the video card, this here: ATY,RageM3p29s? > > Aside from suggesting that coders actually use a 200MHz or 400MHz processor > to write code, instead of working on dual 1GHz (trust me, they will learn to > optimize code real quick), the best way to speed up anything running > sluggishly under X is to get rid of much of the useless fluff that causes > slow screen redraws - yes, I'm talking about transparencies. > > Essentially, grab one of the Theme Changers, find yourself a nice theme that > doesn't include transparency, and you can see a roughly 20% speed > improvement. Where can one find Theme Changers and how to know they don't include transparency. > Furthermore, Install WindowShade from Unsanity.com, and disable the drop > shadows, and you'd gain an additional 10-15% in redraw and display speed. Just did... Tells me to do a restart... Then I can use it for 1 hour... Let's have a look. In the mean time that WindowShade programm has become 1 MB... Any other feature I shouldn't allow f.e. Double klick the menu bar and the window scroll's up... (remember that was usefull in OS9). > Yeah, nowadays having additional VRAM, and a video chip set that helps, does > provide for additional speed gains, but short of purchasing a new computer, > there's little you can do (VRAM in laptops is not upgradeable). > > Kinda sad that we have to jump through hoops to regain speed we used to > have, but I hope this helps - surprising no one suggested this rather > obvious means to achieve this. > > Harry Perhaps there are obvious reasons why Apple wants to make us buy new computers? Sven I have the impression that in spite of my new iBook... OSX... Everything has become slower... And for what ? How come ? Or am I wrong ? Perhaps just too many messages in my EntX folders (about 15.000) -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
