on 8/16/02 10:53 PM, Bolton Peck at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just curious, how come OS X is such a hog? Linux on a 604 is a very > acceptable solution. And Os X is a modified, optimized (?) Mach kernel, so > how come its so slow?
In a nutshell... Eye Candy. Hopefully Quartz will go a long way in rectifying that bottleneck. Reports are that it does, but those reports refer to AGP graphics not PCI graphics. Still we should see some benefit on our older machines I hope. > Will OS 9 be faster than 8.6? Slower in my experience, but not by much. I wonder if some of the benchtest sites have a classic OS shootout. I bet OS 7.6.1 would be one of the faster of the recent year's systems. -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
