On Tuesday, August 09, 2005, at 09:45AM, Neil Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In fact, last night I found myself booting up my G3 slot-loading iMac >from my iBook hard drive (in target disk mode, because I think the logic >board has gone on the iBook - bah!) which has 10.3 on it, and even with >the slower hard drive the iMac was noticeably faster than when it was >running 10.2, which in turn is faster than 10.1.5. I can confirm from using it on my B&W G4/500 (no that's not a typo - it's a hybrid!) with 1GB RAM that 10.3.9 is faster than 10.2.x and also 10.4 on older machines. Note I said 'older' not 'slower'. Speed is a factor, but also the older age brings slower RAM and video cards also which drag down 10.4 badly becuase of the new Quartz Engine. Even with a Radeon 7000 PCI card in my B&W 10.4 feels very sluggish GUI-wise, where as 10.3.9 is very zippy even with no PCI Extreme hack. My iMac G4 has less RAM (768MB of PC133) only has a GeForce 2MX 32MB AGP 2x video chipset and 300MHz more CPU speed (and less cache to boot) and it runs 10.4.2 fine however, like liquid silk. Odd but I think it's just better and faster architecture designs as time goes on. >Bear in mind as well that the latest version of iTunes also requires >10.2.8, so if you want to carry podcasts around with you, you'll need to >upgrade. No only podcasts (which are not everyone's cup of tea) but also the latest iPhoto syncing software additions for colour iPods, altough that obviously also requires iPhoto... -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
