At 07:17 AM -0600 08/28/2009, Nestamicky wrote: >On 8/27/09 12:14 PM, Jonathan wrote: > >>It was nice to have OS 10.x, but I went back to 9 whenever I >>could for the added speed and snappier response in the older machine. >> >This goes for Apple as does the folks developing Linux distros. I've >not mentioned Windose for a reason: would it not be nice that they >can improve/develop their OSes without losing that snappier feel? >Imagine OS X on an older machine being as snappier as you've >described. That indeed would be nice. It seems to be that OSes >continue to be developed for hardware that have not been created >yet. And I understand the need for the hardware to improve, larger >HDs, etc, but can't the OSes be written to run even snappier because >of that. Instead they seem to lag behind. I will not, not continue >buying the fastest computer just to use the latest OS. Nope. It's a >game.
What you describe is, by all accounts, one of the big selling points for Snow Leopard. We'll wait to see what the user reports coming in are like... -- tom coradeschi [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
