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Intel Developer Macs Outperform G5s

Posted by timothy on from the good-time-to-own-appl dept.

bonch writes "Developers working with the new Intel-based, developer-only Macs are impressed with the performance. The machines take as little as 10 seconds to boot from Apple logo to desktop, and apparently run Windows XP at 'blazing speeds.' Rosetta tests demonstrate the PowerPC-native build of Firefox running just as fast as it does on a high-end G5."

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  1. Re:Other reasons? by hedge_death_shootout · · Score: 1, Troll

    It also seems to me that Firefox on Mac has significantly more stability problems and, from my experience, memory leaks.

    Me too. Firefox crashes every couple of days on my Mac Mini. Or it'll freeze up and hog the CPU, requiring a 'force quit'.

    Also, I've found OSX itself to be quite prone to locking up, with 'exposé' abruptly dying along with the iconbar thing along the bottom, and all minimise buttons. Or the entire machine grinding to a halt, with UI responding every 7 seconds or so. The force quit dialog is useless and a prolonged press of the power button and a restart is all that works.

    I must be hallucinating, because as we all know, Macs are without flaw...