Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 11/01/2006, at 4:57 PM, Paul wrote:
Severin Crisp wrote:
Yes, it is good to have Google Earth. Interestingly they say you
need a 600MHz or faster processor but it seems fine on my G4/400
Severin Crisp
Forget about Google Earth, how is Tiger on a 400MHz G4?
Specifically speaking, how is Spotlight?
It was on this DP450MHz G4 when I first got it and it seemed too slow.
Especially Spotlight.
So I replaced it with Panther.
Have updates made Tiger faster since 10.4.1?
Or was I just looking at an isolated example?
If I can step in here (because I'm running a G4/400 as well). I'd say
that my machine has never run as well as it does under Tiger, and
10.4.4 is the best yet. Yes, Spotlight is certainly slower than on
more modern machines, but then I've also seen it work brilliantly on
a 400Mz G3 iMac! It does seem to have taken a leap forward in 10.4.4
as well.
There are also speed issues associated with Widgets as they load for
the first time, but after that they run acceptably fast. In every
other respect, Tiger is the best thing that has happened to my old
workhorse.
Thanks, I'm heartened to hear that.
Admittedly it has generally been this way for me since I began using
Macs; each new OS makes them quicker, not slower! Installing OSX and
going on the Net the first time, while still on Dial-up, felt like
getting Broadband ;-)
Like Severin, I am also happy with the speed of Google Earth (not so
much with the age of their maps - Roe Highway in Canning Vale still
shows as a hole in the ground)! It's a very nice piece of software,
though.
It works fine here too, hopefully photo suppliers will get the idea and
supply more photos.
If they want some close-ups of Donkey Orchids and Banksia seedlings from
John Forrest National Park I can definately help ;-)
Should we organise with them to take an aerial happy snap of next years
WAMUG bbq?
Cheers
Paul
