> I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. Mac OS X has some real warts, > performance being one of them.
Yikes, gasp, what! Honestly, I'm sounding like a Mac cheerleader :-(. I don't even own one. I run Linux on the desktop 100% of the time, but there is NO COMPARISON of desktop performance between Linux and OS X. This is mostly a driver issue -- well and the fact that the Linux threading model (yes NPTL -- the legacy model is worse) is optimized for servers and royally blows for responsive desktop systems. If you are lucky enough to have an nVidia card, then you're X11 system will rock. However, 99% of all laptops run non-nVidia chips. I'm sure that <insert your favorite *nix here> is faster than OS X at non-GUI oriented things -- I'm sure the TCP connect throughput just rulez -- but freakin'-A, I want my GUI screens to paint instantly when I switch between them. I just want a responsive *nix desktop on x86 hardware. If Apple can do that, then they're my huckleberry. -Bryan .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
