Hate to disagree, but I bet there's more left in OS X to be optimized. They only just started prebinding applications with the release of Jaguar. Also, I think that Window buffering compression was finally included in Jaguar. There are LOTS of other parameters that Apple can choose to speed up, given accounting for any particular caveats. For example, go to Versiontracker.com and run a search for the word, "optimize". Apple may be dragging it's feet speeding up OS X, but the shareware community isn't! I use a cool app, called "MOX Optimize" to speed up several OS X parameters. Check it out! http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=13447&db=mac
Heh-heh, here's another one for ya. I don't know if you Dock hard drives or folders (I have my three hard drives in the Dock and off the Desktop by preference). But if you don't, drag your hard drive to the Dock, just for this test. Now, with the drive in the Dock, you can access it's contents just like you can with an alias in the Apple Menu in OS 9. Now, press and hold your mouse on the Docked drive icon. Depending on the speed of your machine and the volume off items in your drive, doing this the first time will cause a pause as OS X reads the contents of your drive. But in a couple of seconds, a pop-up menu of your drive's contents will appear. Now that OS X has had a chance to cache the contents off your hard drive, it will display the contents much faster on subsequent occasions. So, try it again, now that the drive has been cached. Faster, isn't it? But... Not instantaneous! WHY NOT?!!! More OS X code yet to be optimized? Not quite. Now, try popping up the hard drive AGAIN (a third time, now), BUT THIS TIME HOLD DOWN THE CONTROL KEY BEFORE CLICKING ON THE DRIVE. POW!!! Instant popup! What the hell is that?! Now THAT's what I want without having to press the control key! I have found no option in either Apple's prefs, nor in any third party offering to enable this speed fulltime. I sure wish there was. There really should be an option I the Dock preference panel to turn off the pause, just like there's a slider to adjust the pause for spring-loaded folders. So, even with Apple's CONSCIOUS decisions in play, here, there is still room for improvement. And as for Apple dropping G3 support, that probably will not happen for at least five years, in my view. I say this because Apple is still selling G3 processors in their iBooks and the G3 iMac is STILL being sold at CAN$1,299.00. Plus, the processor upgrade manufacturers have been amazingly resourceful in providing OS X compatibility. Kudos to them. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> 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/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
