I've heard from other lists that the main concern about OS X (from developers) is the speed.
So it seems that you're not alone Troy. Thanks for the chat!! Cheers, Paul -- Paul S [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Troy May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:41:36 +1100 > To: Rod Lavington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, WAMUG > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OS-X Speed > > Rod Lavington on 23/12/01 11:49 AM, wrote: > >> On 22/12/01 6:06 PM, "Paul S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Wasn't BEoS just a (draws breath) hobbyist OS, were there any drivers, apps, >>> was it able to be used commercially (other than linux type servers) please >>> excuse my ignorance, I've never seen it run, although I've heard a lot about >>> it. >>> >>> Cheers, Paul >> >> I think you hit the nail on the head with the last sentence! Yep, we heard >> a lot about it, but never saw it running. The last personal version they >> released was a freebie (the personal version), but for PCs only. I guess if >> you fired up VirtualPC you might be able to get it to work. > > I think the point is being missed. Be OS didn't carry too much in the way of > driver overheads, etc but consider it was running on a first generation > Power PC chip with the huge sum of 34 megabytes of RAM. > > Others have said that it was stunningly fast on Pentium 233's. > > Compare that to Mac OS X running on fourth generation processors that have > between 4-8x faster clock speeds, 3x the bus bandwidths and a measly 1,000 > megabytes RAM. > > Sure Mac OS X carries some compatibility baggage as well as hits from > drivers, a supposed printing architecture and plenty of UI candy but can > that really account for the huge discrepancy in efficiency? > > Is it really just a perception thing? Gee the finder always took a while to > update, I just never noticed it before. > > Am I the only one to think it could be faster given the state of current > hardware? > > Cheers > Troy. > > PS: I think the UWA Computing club might still have an original Be Box for > those interested. > > > > Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/> > > To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
