I will say this: the Mac has one of the better thought out anti-piracy techniques out there; if you have two copies of Quark running, they better be different keys.. if they aren't, both copies will refuse to start until the other is removed.
Inventive how they can broadcast/scan to other macs that way.. :) CW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carroll Kong Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 9:53 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Review - Mac Mini Ben Ruset wrote: > The drawback to that is speed. I have noticed that both Firefox and > Thunderbird run at about 75% of the speed that they would normally run > under Windows. This more than likely has to do with the OS dealing with > one big "file" versus smaller files and the registry. I find it hard to believe it is all one file so to speak. I am sure underneath the hood it has files roaming around. In fact, I was fairly certain I read tech support issues where people did have to dig down to find some small files to do certain tweaks. That was not to down play the simplicity of the system. It probably does have a very well oiled package system. Firefox and Thunderbird running 75% slower than on Windows? No, I think you are wrong here. My guess is the problem is not Windows. The problem is Apple hardware is much slower than x86 hardware for cost. My rationale? I have worked with Mozilla and Thunderbird on much slower machines that would be comparable to the Macmini (Dual Pentium III 933). I have seen it on a K6-200. Firefox and Thunderbird are just very slow with regards to response time and load time. Sorry, but the Mozilla people just write some of the slowest applications I have ever seen. To some level, it is almost slower than java applets which is very disappointing given that Firefox and Thunderbird was supposed to be written in C++. The only reason few people notice this is because the defacto standard x86 PC of today is so fast that the speed gap is much smaller than on older machines. To give it some merit, I am not too surprised at your conclusions. I think I would enjoy the Mac environment well if I could afford it (software and hardware). It seems like a Unixy-background but with people who understand UI. That mix alone seems impossible to find nowadays. -- - Carroll Kong
