On Monday, Oct 28, 2002, at 15:41 Europe/London, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Could it be that Apple removed the 604 code to make OS X run faster on > supported processors? Almost certainly. The extra CPU Load that Jaguar exerts on lesser systems probably forced their hand though, as well as the need to kick OS X up the proverbial ass to get it faster. > When I set up a Linux machine, one of the first things I do is > recompile > the kernel to remove support for hardware I don't have. This _always_ > improves performance for me. I would think even though the OS X kernel > has > a much different architecture (mach), some of the same principles > apply. Yeh, it's noticeable that the kernel boots into OS X's GUI faster and the OS itself loads a lot faster than 10.1.5 (it's as fast to boot as Windows XP on my K6-2 500 now :) ). I wouldn't be surprised to see support for the Beige G3s dropped with the next major iteration (10.3?) of OS X, removing the need for the Old World support and different Old World version of BootX as well as the onboard SCSI, personality card and DVD support for those models. No fear though I'm sure XPostFacto will still be able to dodge it since they can't really pull G3 support totally, too many ppl are on iMacs an iBooks that even now are less than 6 months old (and iBooks are still new). One thing Apple doesn't do is drop support for a practically new product within 3 years. It took 4 years for the last 604e machine (9600/8600/7600) to become unsupported in the latest OS and another 6 months on top of that for OS support to cease altogether for it (9.2.1 did not support non-OS X machines). -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> "What is real. How do you define real? If your talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain." -The Matrix -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
