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Is Mac OS X Slow?
Junks Jerzey asks: "Every time there's a mention of Mac OS X on Slashdot, there's a flurry of responses about how unbearably slow Mac OS X is. To anyone who has done software development under both Mac OS X and Windows or Linux, is there any truth to this or is it simply a knee-jerk reaction from non-Mac users who see low numbers like 800MHz. I'm talking about average priced Macs here, like the LCD iMac line, not the dual 1.25GHz machines that sell for $4500+." Having the fortune of using a Titanium Powerbook for over a month, I don't find Mac OS X that slow at all, however, there are some things that do take a little longer than I am used to, but I think these things are application-specific. For those Mac OS X users out there, have you noticed operations that seemed slower using Mac OS X compared to similar operations on other operating systems?
...it's running a micro-bsd kernel!
tcboo
Mac OS X is not slow from the CPU. I'd say it is slow from the bloat, outdated ABI and emulation, which all comes down to sloppy code writing and placing marketing above quality.
I remember using a Macintosh, it was called the 'SE'. I found that while it presented a nice graphical interface, it was far slower than a PC, and I've been a PC user ever since.
How is this news?
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You cannot tell me with a straight face that a $1500.00 P4 or Althlon Rig runs Photoshop (the only thing fringe Mac champions run anyway) faster than a $1500.00 MAC.
Lets say it all together (you'll feel better). . . OS X was just an excuse for Apple to justify to their shareholders the ridiculous buying of NeXT for over $150 million dollars, when nobody would touch that company with a 50 foot pole.
Steve Jobs is still a pompus ass, he just now puts his PCs in pretty cases.
You would have to be slow to think this chick would convice anyone to switch to a mac.
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can i mod this story as flamebait?
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and many more retarded flamewars, such as Superman vs Batman. All at your local slashdot.
Really, who gives a flying fuck? Quit trying to sell me a macintosh everytime the news slows down.
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My view: OS X on a 400MHz G4 is fine. Applications my have a performance constraint due to slow CPU speed, but actual navigation of the OS is not a problem
That is so retarded. That's like saying "Linux on an i386/16 with 4 MB RAM is fine. Applications may have a performance constraint due to slow CPU speed, but typing ls at a shell prompt is not a problem."
Maybe you should upgrade to a Mac so your spell checker isn't so slow.
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That is fucking BULLSHIT. I'll take Windows XP and shove it up your ASS.
I find it a bit slow, but I consider my hardware marginal.
I have a 500MHz G3 iBook, 384MB RAM, OS X 10.2. It is not really slow, but it is not as fast as my linux machine, a 750MHz Athlon, 640MB RAM, KDE3
What do you mean marginal?! That's an almost ridiculously powerful configuration. 20 years ago there were countries being administered with less processor power than that. It's more processor power than even existed in the world not that long ago. Any software that doesn't fly on that hardware is badly written, full stop.
Well it wouldn't be marginal for Linux, but it is for any real OS.
The main problem is that all Macintosh users are flaming faggots. There are no exceptions. They are ALL stupid, worthless, cum slurpers.
No I think he meant that you are a grade-A a_s_s_w_i_p_e_.
That all sounds pretty complicated. My Athlon system on the other hand is just inherently fast without needing to worry about all that. Hmm. I thought Macs were made for newbies?! Trying to figure out how to install and run apps under MacOS X is a lot more complicated than Windows. They seem to just get dumped into a big disk image and copied to a folder on the hard drive where you have to go looking for it. Windows on the other hand adds a handy link to the start menu.
3.51? that's 10 fucking years old! Linux didn't even exist then! Stop dredging up things that have absolutely no relevance any more.
Oh, lets compare a 6 month old Mac OS to a 10 year old WIndows OS and see who comes out on top now?
MORON
Typical mac-head response. 10.2 didn't really change anything in the programs he was testing. He tested network and I/O, while Jaguar improved the GUI (read the ChangeLogs for Darwin). And the GUI shouldn't take up many cycles at all if he isn't using it. Compiling a big app in the back ground takes the same amount of time with the GUI on as with it off. And it's obvious Linux has a better I/O and network subsystem. The Linux subsystems have been continuously tweeked for the last several years. The extent of the tweeking in the OS X kernel is whatever a few Apple engineers could do to 4.4 BSD and Mach 2.x in a couple of years.
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I work in a design house, too. Your post is preposterous bunk.