ibook running 10.2 is fast!
I was playing with Jaguar at the Mac store on an ibook. It runs fast! Photoshop ran on the ibook as well as the top end Powerbook does on 10.1.5.
Thats fast!
I am buying an ibook. But first I am buying a dual powermac.
Who else has tryied 10.2 on an ibook (a model that suppoert Quarts extreme of course)? Was your experience as good as mine or am I crazy?
Thats fast!
I am buying an ibook. But first I am buying a dual powermac.
Who else has tryied 10.2 on an ibook (a model that suppoert Quarts extreme of course)? Was your experience as good as mine or am I crazy?

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<strong>I was playing with Jaguar at the Mac store on an ibook. It runs fast! Photoshop ran on the ibook as well as the top end Powerbook does on 10.1.5.
Thats fast!
I am buying an ibook. But first I am buying a dual powermac.
Who else has tryied 10.2 on an ibook (a model that suppoert Quarts extreme of course)? Was your experience as good as mine or am I crazy?
I have to agree, Jag makes a HUGE difference on my new 600Mhz iBook. Noticed a big speed increase.
I just got my new Dual 867 and its NICE.
<strong>Jaguar's made a pretty big difference on my 500MHz iBook. I've been using it for the past week and I've definately noticed things are much snappier?.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Same observations here, although I patiently waited for the FedEx man to bring me Jaguar (was lucky enough to get it Thursday). Jaguar has breathed new life into the lame 66Mhz bus of my iBook/500.
Escher
<strong>Jaguar runs great on my new 700MHz machine. Overall much snappier than 10.1.5. My only issue is the speed at which applications launch when several programs are already running. I guess it's not a Jaguar problem, but rather a memory problem. I only have 256MB of RAM. Perhaps updgrading to 640MB would insure things remain snappy at all times?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I have 384 and don't see any slow down in app launches after having 6 things already running. But if you do upgrade the ram go all the way.
I did time my start up, though. From pushing the ON buttonn to the log-in screen under 10.1.5, it took 1:57. Under 10.2, it's 0:58. I'll take that improvement any day.
Jaguar runs great on my new 700MHz machine. Overall much snappier than 10.1.5. My only issue is the speed at which applications launch when several programs are already running. I guess it's not a Jaguar problem, but rather a memory problem. I only have 256MB of RAM. Perhaps updgrading to 640MB would insure things remain snappy at all times?<hr></blockquote>
RAM makes a HUGE difference. My 933 G4 came with only 256MB of RAM and it was slowing down after only a few apps were open. I upgraded it to 768 and it's like night and day performance wise.
[quote]The effects (open/close windows) kind of bug me-- I keep thinking they should be turned off to minimize CPU usage, but that's just the old man in me.<hr></blockquote>
You can change the effect from Genie to Scale in the System Preferences under Dock.
and jag will be installed soon enough so it should be faster...
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You can change the effect from Genie to Scale in the System Preferences under Dock.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think he is talking about the effects when you double click on icons like on your desktop how they expand out and than shrink when you close them. I don't know how to do that. But I like little stuff like that because when I got one of my Window user friends looking over my back and they see stuff like that they only wish they had stuff like that <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> and we all know that will never happen.
LOL! Exactly! It always makes people go oooohhh and ahhh like fireworks. *Except they're ooohhhing and aaahhing inside their head
is it faster than before ?
are you an happy camper, now ?
<strong>To the guys with iBooks - have you noticed them running hotter? Several people over at Ars are complaining that the fans in their iBooks are coming on way more often with Jag and running noticeably warmer.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually I have noticed that. My fan is on a lot more now along with it being warmer. I wouldn't say it gets hot but it does get warm... with 10.1.5 I never heard the fan come on and I never really felt any type of heat coming from it either. Battery life seem to be about the same on a full charge I can currently get about 4hrs 30mins of battery life with Mac OS 10.2. With 10.1.5 I could probably get 5hrs of batter life out of it. So even though it is running a little hotter and with the fan running more it doesn't seem to affect it much.
[ 08-26-2002: Message edited by: BrianMacOS ]</p>