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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. HAhah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's fast enough for this FP!

  2. HEY IM LIKE NUMBER 4! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WOW I kept hitting F5!

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


    Look mom, flamebait!

  4. Moderate this Article by Saurentine · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "-1 : Flamebait"

    Put on your Nomex, kids, it's gonna get hot in here real quick!

  5. Get linux! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Im running KDE 3.1 rc1 on my age old PIII 450mhz box, WITH ALL THE EYE CANDY ENABLED! and its running faster than win98 that used to plauge it. KDE 3.1 is a hell of a lot faster than previous kde versions, and beats the crap out of windows xp/macosx

  6. 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?

  7. Re:Mac is Crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Windows users suck my dick... and like it.

    They only play games. It's all they know how to do.

  8. Is George Bush "illetaaarate" ? by beatnitup · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is George Bush "illetaaarate" ?

  9. Moderators...! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    certainly not offtopic. Probably not a troll either. Quite a valid point.

    You know, Taco doesn't actually check all your moderations personally. there is no need to be such a sycophant.

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  11. 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.