At 6:55 PM -0700 3/17/12, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
As a Mac user, it pains me to say this, but the
problem could simply be
that you're running it on Mac OS X. A few years ago someone did some
speed comparisons of Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. While I forget the
specific's, it boiled down to the problem is the Mach Micorkernel. Does
anyone else remember this, and have any pointers to the article, or more
current testing on this?
I don't, but I can tell you that, as a years-long OS X aficionado, I
ditched it in favor of Linux for primarily speed reasons. Every OS X
"update" made the system even slower...almost like someone wanted me to
go out and buy new hardware.
I'll echo this, because I tried a LiveCD of Lubuntu 12.04 on my 867MHz
TiBook. It runs OS 9 very well but was poky in 10.4, which is why it still
runs OS 9. The LiveCD also ran very well.
Still, I use 10.4 because it's the best combination of Unix and Classic
compatibility. If you don't need that, I'm leaning towards Linux myself for
systems I don't have to run any Mac apps on.
Well, as my primary applications are Adobe Lightroom, Phase One's
"Capture One", Adobe Photoshop, and a whole slew of Photoshop
plugins, I only have one choice since I won't run Windows as a
primary system at home. The nice thing about Mac OS X for me is it
can run the UNIX apps I need, and thanks to Parallels I can run Win
XP for the one game I want to run (so I've retired my Core 2 Duo Win
XP system), and I can even run Linux, or OpenBSD for testing. The
only other system I'm currently running at home is a Pentium III
running OpenBSD.
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 on the current 2.4Ghz 8-core (dual) Mac
Pro. I have 24Gb of RAM, and that's not enough. When I bought the
system it came with 6Gb of RAM, and was actually slower than the
Rev.0 Dual 2Ghz G5 PowerMac I had, which had 7Gb of RAM, and was
running 10.4.x. It wasn't until I moved to 24Gb that the system was
faster, how pathetic is that! OTOH, I ran both CPU's on the G5 at
100% most of the time, while this system barely breaks a sweat most
months.
As for Linux, as of January of this year, I've been running it for 20 years.
Zane
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