Pismo 500/G3, 1gig RAM, external 17" Studio Display, external FireWire SmartDisk CD/RW, USB powered Canon Scanner, USB powered 100meg Zip Drive, FireWire LaCie HDD for backup, USB Epson C84 printer. . .and a bunch more stuff like powered sub-woofer, cool speakers, digital camera etc.
ANYWAY. . .under 10.3.7 my apps. were very sluggish. Slow response time was not only common in Safari which was mentioned before in another thread, but also in Mail. Sometimes it would take up to 5 minutes just for Mail to retrieve my email. I used to argue with Earthlink customer service time and time again wondering why my email wasn't working property. But then I started to notice the lag in programs. Another lag was in iChat. There were times it would take almost 10 minutes just for it to start up.
Moving on to 10.3.8: Everything is perfect. It's like going from 10.1 to 10.2. Night and day! No delays! Email in seconds! I almost feel like I just bought a new system!
Now, what I'm curious about is my configuration; attention brought to the 17" Studio Display. Why the display? Well, the change was so different, I had to call Apple directly and get some answers, 'cause heck, my performance was so bad under 10.3.7 I was worried that Apple was starting to phase out G3 support. A nice rep. spoke to me and surprised me with her answers to say the least. I first told her of the problems under .7 and now the awsome performance under .8 but before I could tell her my config., she immediately asked me if I had a monitor plugged into my Pismo that I use as a second display. Uh. . .yea, I said. Well, long story short, apparently, 10.3.8 is a major update on the ATI drivers that control our beloved video cards built into our Macs. Who'd ah thought a little driver or two would make such a difference? At least Apple is on the ball I guess. . .just wish they had updated the ATI drivers sooner is all.
Anyone heard of this? Or did I catch someone in the Apple customer support on her last day?
Zoltan THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER
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