Tim Maloney wrote: >William Ove wrote: > > > >>In the CorelDraw newsgroup a fellow was being chided for moving from Intel >>hardware to Apple. He was asked "Well isn't that Mac much slower than your >>old 2 gig Pentium?" He replied by saying, "Yes it is much slower, but in a >>way that is impossible to really describe, you find that with OS X speed is >>just not an issue." That is an accurate description of a multithreaded >>system. The task that needs the resources gets the resources. >> >>That is very much the situation with OS X on 604 processors. Yes you are >>well aware that your system is slow, yet for the specific given task you are >>working at it seems fast enough at that moment. >> >>bill >> >> >> > >sorry about your luck, but OS X is not slow at all on my 450 G4, or my >700 mhz G3 iBook. it is also fast on my wife's 420 g4 upgraded beige DT. >i had an 800 PIII at work and my Mac always seems faster. >what Mac did you friend get that seems so much slower than a 2 ghz P4? > >it couldn't have been a 1.2 ghz or dual 1.2 ghz, as those would seem >much faster. did he install 10.2 or is he running a 10.1.x iteration? >that would make a difference too. > > > > > For evaluation purposes, I've built an OS X 10.1.5 using a 7500 chassis, with a 150 MHz 604 (not even 604e) and just 64 MB RAM. You couldn't call it quick. But what is remarkable is that it is stable - both to build and to run.
The most noticeable improvement comes from adding more RAM. At 64 MB such a system is unusable for everyday tasks. With 128 MB it becomes usable. With 256 MB it starts to get quite perky. If I were stuck on a desert island with a 120 MHz 604 - the slowest available - and 256 MB in which to run Mac OS X, I think I could live with that. But distinguish between usable and responsive. People who want to do graphic intensive things, or other more compex things, need faster graphics, faster cpus, faster buses. For less demanding work - where you spend as much time thinking as you do activating the computer - a vintage OS X Mac will do a great job. But for value, a basic supported system, even a 233 G3 DT, gives you vastly more bang for buck. GWW -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
