10 Things Apple Did To Make Mac OS X Faster

bariswheel writes "This kernelthread article seeks to investigate further to the inner core of OS X and the improvements therein. The subtopics are the following: BootCache, Kernel Extensions Cache, Hot File Clustering, Working Set Detection, On-the-fly Defragmentation, Prebinding, Helping Developers Create Code Faster, Helping Developers Create Faster Code, Journaling in HFS Plus, and Instant-on."

Comments

Re:I love OS X

[IHSW]

Clearly you've never installed Windows 2000 over Windows ME.

Re:What about OSes with GNOME?

[wazzzup]

You don't get out much, do you? GNOME 2.14 is supposed to be extremely fast in comparison to previous releases, which were also faster than their predecessors.

Uhhh...I'm guessing if anyone's not getting out much....well, nevermind. If you can't say something nice don't say it at all.

Re:I love OS X

[dreemernj]

Indeed. Windows ME was a crime against humanity.

Ironic?

[MoogMan]

Consider the following a sampling of such optimizations, in no particular order

I'm somewhat concerned that an optimisation geek did not order his data set.

Re:Panther to Tiger?

[NicklessXed]

The AC's post wasn't directed at you, but at its parent. I guess ACs are not the only ones confused around here...

"Dave: Is Dead == Everybody"

[HTH NE1]

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