> Rhapsody would not have given Apple a lot of what they needed to bring > Mac OS X to market sadly. Also, from what I have read of OpenSTEP and > NeXTSTEP, NeXTSTEP runs excellent on black hardware, but OpenSTEP is > generally regarded as being run best on faster Intel based hardware.
That's mostly because you can't buy Intel based hardware that's as godawful slow as black hardware. OpenStep on black hardware isn't really detectably slower than NeXTStep on the same hardware if you have enough RAM (32M). The problem is OpenStep lets you run things like web browsers, and they aren't ahppy with the hardware. > Requirements for all systems began to jump in the end of the 1990s. Not as much as people think. What really jumped were the requirements for *applications*. You can't run an MP3 player or anything but he most primitive web browser at a usable speed on a 68040. > I have used XP Pro on 2GHz PCs before and was not all that impressed. I > can get similar GUI performance on a G4 550. Will it get as high of > frame rates in HALO? No ... but most people aren't playing HALO ... Exactly, it's the apps. I have run Windows 2000 on a P100 with 16M. It runs... better than BeOS on the same hardware, better than BSD with Gnome (but BSD with Windowmaker... the NeXTStep-clone window manager... is better), but don't think about trying to start Office. -- 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:[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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
