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Is Mac OS X Slow?

Posted by Cliff on from the it's-not-slow-for-me dept.

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?

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  1. The article itself is a troll... by JoshWurzel · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Look mom, flamebait!

  2. Re:Its not the machines that are slow.... by Bob+McCown · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's not the machines that are slow...It's the users.

    Uh... what?

  3. Slow to Crash. Almost Dever Does. by RealBob · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No kernel panic since 10.1.

    Now and then misbehaved Carbon apps hoses the system. Once for me since August 24.

    Nice fast OS on 600MHz iBook.