At 04:47 PM -0500 06/11/2005, Todd Russell wrote:
I was hoping for something more specific, like "I prefer the old
Finder because it does..." or "AppleTalk was easier" or anything
specific.
Ok1. Finder speed.
Comparing OS X on a 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook vs OS 9 on a PowerMac
7300/180. Think about that - a puny 180 MHz machine vs a
Supercomputer.
Opening Finder windows under OS X is SLOW. If you have a very large
folder tree, it takes up to twice as long to open a folder than it
does on OS 9.
Searching thru files in OS X is SLOW. The 'old OS 9 app File Buddy
can search for files by name, matching multiple criteria FAR faster
than OS X does. And File Buddy's search within files for specific
content... FAR faster than on OS X, except for Spotlight. But then
Spotlight crashes.
Ok2. AppleTalk.
File sharing between OS 8 and OS 9 machines WORKS. It's reliable and
fast - easily maxing out the machine's NIC.
OS X has never reliably been able to talk to OS 8 and OS 9 machines,
regardless of whether you use AFP/AT or AFP/IP.
And of course, AFP/AT has been killed from Tiger. So it's now
totally unable to talk to OS 8 Macs, unless you fork out $$. And
it's slower than Panther when talking to OS 9 machines - something to
do with the "modified" AFP/IP in Tiger interacting with the AFP/IP in
OS 9.
Next. :)
- Dan.
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