Gerald Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On that particular machine, your graphics won't benefit from the > speed-ups of Quartz Extreme (which offloads a lot of drawing work to > the GPU - but only if it's the right kind of GPU). Further, your > display is limited to "10x7", which is a bit cramped for OS X's Aqua. > But speed is manageable: I have a server running fine on a beige G3 > 266, but of course its graphics performance is irrelevant.
>From your POV, just how bad is the graphics performance in the finder? > 8.6 introduced the revised "nanokernel", which changes the basics of > Classic Mac OS threading, for better compatibility with Carbonised > apps. As such, 8.6 is as good as 9.x at running carbon apps - although > some app installers still specify 9.something as a minimum OS. > > This means that if your apps are now available in carbon versions, you > should be able to run them on an 8.6 box, which might save you some > upgrading hassle. > > On balance I wouldn't bother with 9. Big, bloated and complicated > compared with 8.6. If you want to make the move, bite the bullet and > jump to X. In the end you'll thank yourself. However 8.6's low open file limit is done way with by 9.x. This is the second major reason I have to upgrade. Otherwise I'd agree with you and stick with 8.6 which has served me extremely well over the years. > Sonnet make a gizmo to convert a Rev C iMac with a faster cpu and add > FireWire. Bit pricy though. > > GWW Interesting. Is there a URL? Regards, Jamie Kahn Genet > On 3 Apr 2004, at 17:28, Peter da Silva wrote: > > >> How well would MacOS 10.3 run on my Rev c iMac (the fruit coloured > >> 266MHz G3, Rage Pro 6MB VRAM model)? Acceptably fast? Much slower than > >> 8.6 which I currently run? > > > > OS X is going to be slower in some ways, faster in others. The big > > advantage is the ability to reliably run lots of programs concurrently > > without noticable slowdown, and to keep on working on other things when > > a program is busy or waiting on disk or network. Some operations are > > slowed down by the fancier graphics, and interprocess communication is a > > little slower, but all in all it's more than adequate. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. -- Message scanned by the Sheriff -- 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
