About one year ago I had a Wallstreet II / PDQ 266 with 128MB RAM running Panther (I believe 10.3.5. and Jaguar 10.2.6 before that). I know this was too little, but unless I used very memory intensive apps it was OK. Now have encountered an iBook G4 1Ghz with 128MB running Panther 10.3.6 that is slower than my old WS machine!
I looked at the processor with Top and it was running at about 50%. Some VM activity was going on, but it didn't seem excessive nor did the drive trash. Also I only found 3 swap files, which I'd expect with this little RAM. In my old WS changing to another app could take about 5 seconds at times, longer if I ran more than say 5 apps. To start an app took maybe 10 dock bounces. On this book starting an app takes very long time, like 15 bounces. Changing app takes way more than 15 seconds, between say, Word and System Preferences, those two being the only ones loaded. While any machine with 128MB is running sub-optimally, I was impressed on the WS 266 when Panther support in XPostFacto arrived and how much snappier my machine felt even with as little as 128MB ( I later upgraded to 384MB). It seems that I'm not looking at processor overload, but something more complex. Anyone have any suggestions what to look for including hardware problems in this model? I'm going to try to redo prebinding and getting rid of all suspect prefs, before I install more RAM. Any other suggestions? -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
