On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:44:50 +0100, Mark Benson wrote: >I can confirm from using it on my B&W G4/500 (no that's not a typo - >it's a hybrid!) with 1GB RAM that 10.3.9 is faster than 10.2.x and also >10.4 on older machines. Note I said 'older' not 'slower'. Speed is a >factor, but also the older age brings slower RAM and video cards also >which drag down 10.4 badly becuase of the new Quartz Engine. Even with a >Radeon 7000 PCI card in my B&W 10.4 feels very sluggish GUI-wise, where >as 10.3.9 is very zippy even with no PCI Extreme hack. My iMac G4 has >less RAM (768MB of PC133) only has a GeForce 2MX 32MB AGP 2x video >chipset and 300MHz more CPU speed (and less cache to boot) and it runs >10.4.2 fine however, like liquid silk. Odd but I think it's just better >and faster architecture designs as time goes on.
Cheers Mark....I was thinking at some point in the future that it might be worth upgrading my B&W to Tiger (it's running 10.1.5 at the moment, but really only as a file server, so it's OK apart from wanting to spin its drives down at every possible opportunity). I'll bear in mind what you've discovered. Mine's still using the stock G3 processor. My initial impression regarding Tiger, after using a Mac mini for about a month, is that the Finder's not much faster than with Panther on my G3 iBook. Applications, on the other hand, are much quicker though that would probably apply just as much if 10.3 was present. Neil -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
