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Ubuntu 8.10 vs. Mac OS X 10.5.5 Benchmarks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there-can-be-only-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As a sequel to their Is Ubuntu Getting Slower? Phoronix now has out an article that compares the performance of Ubuntu 8.10 to Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.5. They tested both the x86 and x86_64 spins of Ubuntu and threw at both operating systems a number of graphics, disk, computational, and Java benchmarks, among others. With the Mac Mini used in some of the comparisons, 'Leopard' was faster, while in others it was a tight battle."

2 of 328 comments (clear)

  1. Ubuntu -- Obama Linux Distro by y86 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ubuntu has become the defacto Linux distribution for the common computer user.

    It came from nothing to something in a very short period of time.

    Kind of like Obama.

    I hope Obama performs as well as ubuntu.

  2. Re:Ubuntu if you want to by nicolas.kassis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Except OSX doesn't do a very good job at it. Please snow leopard, FIX IT!