> > I haven't tried "XP on less than a P4", but XP is not a lot more than a > > new shell on a caponised version of Windows 2000 Terminal Server, and > > I've run that on a non-MMX-Pentium-100. It's a lot closer to usable > > than OS X on the much faster PPC 604e on my 7600.
> XP is no more usable on a P100 than 10.1 is on a 7600/120. I didn't say XP was usable on a P100. I said that Windows 2000 was closer to usable on a P100 than OS X was on a 604e/180, and that XP doesn't need anything near a P4 to be quite usable. And I stand by that. When I installed OS X on my 7600 it took over a full day of spinning the ball, maybe 20 hours after allowing for my not noticing that it was ready for input. Opening a Terminal window took half a minute to a minute. Once it was open you could drag windows pretty fast, but rendering as agonizing. > When the Rhapsody project was started [1996] PCI Power Macs were in the > beginning of their second or third generation depending on how you > count [x500, then x600, then x300 models]. If they had come out with the original graphics subsystem it would still have had good performance on the 7500/7600/7300. And it could have possibly managed to pull it off for the 7200... though the 7200 was more a degeneration than a generation. :) I'd call all of those "first generation PCI Powermacs". The x500 and x600 had the same motherboards, just different processors, and the x300 wasn't that far off, more an internal design bump than a new breed. I'm not sure you can tell a 7300 with a 604e/180 from a 7500 with a 604e/180 except by careful visual inspection of the motherboard. > What you say about Quartz is true, but it also does a lot more than > Quickdraw good or did. Oh, no doubt, but the gap between DPS and it is less traumatic. -- 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
