on 22/04/03 18:15, jdc at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just wanted to ask if anyone knows of a solution to this, like an > alternative to Aqua window manager or a way to drop the "eye candy" - > quartz extreme does not work on the Pismo so every transparency and > every shadow is CPU computed - the weather is getting hot and I don't > need the extra heat either. > For comparison, I have an A300 Acorn Archimedes computer circa 1988, > 8Mhz ARM, no fan and no heat sink, upgraded to 2Mb RAM and Risc OS. Its > Window Manager is quicker than Aqua on the Pismo. > Joaquim > > David M. Ensteness wrote: > >> Not to sound like a jerk, but that is like saying "cause I want it >> different it should be." For example, I don't think Final Cut should >> take so long to render, but it does. The direct connection here is >> that it is saying a three and a half year old PowerBook [Pismos came >> out in 2000 and only had their hard drives upped never had a speed >> bump before the G4s came out in 2001] should behave as snappy as what? >> >> Sad to say but it is not as perfect a world as I would like either, >> and we must accept that we grade on a curve. If my Pismo were as fast >> as my 733 G4 then my 733 G4 would actually be faster and my basis for >> comparison would go up. Or if OS 9 had never run on a PowerBook then I >> couldn't compare OS X to it on the same hardware for speed. It would >> be nice if they were faster in response time but it is to be expected >> of all things. >> >> On a side note, mine is a 400/768/40GB and the biggest speed increase >> I have seen since getting to 384MB of RAM was adding a 5400rpm drive >> over the 4200 that had been there. In fact that sped it up more than >> bringing the RAM up to 768 it seems sometimes. >> >> David >> >> On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 02:55 PM, jdc wrote: >> >>> I'm not saying it is slow, I'm saying it's not responsive. The 1/3 >>> second delay it takes a window to refresh is not much but should not >>> exist on a 2001 computer. I have a 30Gb HD and it's only half full. >>> Joaquim >> >> >> > >
No, there isn't any alternative to Aqua. And in fact, you might slow things down quite a bit with all those supposedly hacks that promise to give you more power. Just run the system bare, or, better yet, go back to OS 9 if you can't stand it. I have a Pismo at 400 MHz with 512MB of RAM and a 40GNX Travelstar hard drive and I'm pretty happy with it. The system across the board is so much more responsive even with heavy tasks going on that I would never go back to OS 9 and its clumsiness. To each is own, I guess. Now, would a PowerBook G4 17" at 1 GHz be faster? You bet! Would I be happy with a PowerBook G4 17" at 1 GHz? You bet! But I can't afford it right now, so I'm happily using my lowly Pismo at 400 MHz... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] flamage /flay'm*j/ n.: [very common] Flaming verbiage, esp. high-noise, low-signal postings to Usenet or other electronic fora. Often in the phrase `the usual flamage'. `Flaming' is the act itself; `flamage' the content; a `flame' is a single flaming message. See flame, also dahmum. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
