OS X on iBook....OK?

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  • Reply 21 of 38
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    I don't run Classic at startup, but once I have to run it for something (usually Photoshop, sometimes Virtual PC) then I just leave it running.
  • Reply 22 of 38
    kestralkestral Posts: 311member
    I think it's OS X is too slow on my machine (see below). Office X on OS X on my iBook is especially glacial - I can type faster than Word can display my text. That makes it unusable for me.
  • Reply 23 of 38
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    Uh oh... I'm worried. I just ordered Office X. Hope it's not dog-slow on my iBook!
  • Reply 24 of 38
    adam11adam11 Posts: 163member
    Sounds like a ram problem I think...?



    Cheers

    adam
  • Reply 25 of 38
    kestralkestral Posts: 311member
    [quote]Originally posted by Adam11:

    <strong>Sounds like a ram problem I think...?



    Cheers

    adam</strong><hr></blockquote>



    If the above is for me, then I disagree. If 320 megs of RAM is not enough to run an OS and a word processor, then it's bloatware (which it is). Thank you for confirming as such.
  • Reply 26 of 38
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:

    <strong>Uh oh... I'm worried. I just ordered Office X. Hope it's not dog-slow on my iBook!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Sometimes it's slow for me, but it's usually never as slow as people make it sound.
  • Reply 27 of 38
    katekate Posts: 172member
    [quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:

    <strong>Uh oh... I'm worried. I just ordered Office X. Hope it's not dog-slow on my iBook!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Scrolling through more than a two pager is embarassing lame and jerky. It is also jerky on this Quicksilver. Scrolling some simple text is still a major task for X in any editor.



    AppleWorks, Word, BBEdit, all show significantly increased scroll times in X with the same simple text file. I wouldn't want to write more than a one page letter under these conditions, and I'm happy I have not to exceed this limit often.
  • Reply 28 of 38
    evil edevil ed Posts: 106member
    [quote]Originally posted by Leonis:

    <strong>But it takes a loooooooooooong time to boot. I think it's hard drive related</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Uh oh... what speed are the HD's? 4200rpm or 5400rpm? I'm expecting an iBook 600 with a 15Gb HDD... I thought they were all 5400rpm <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />



    On my PowerBook G3 500 (5400rpm Travelstar) at home, OS X is very quick to boot.
  • Reply 29 of 38
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    Has anyone tried booting OSX on an iBook via a fast external firewire drive?
  • Reply 30 of 38
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:

    <strong>Has anyone tried booting OSX on an iBook via a fast external firewire drive?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    If I ever get around to formatting my FireWire drive I'll try it.
  • Reply 31 of 38
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    I took my 7200 rpm drive out of my firewire enclosure, so it's just sitting there empty, or I'd try it myself. Somebody with a fast firewire drive try this, and compare the time against booting from the internal hard drive.
  • Reply 32 of 38
    norfanorfa Posts: 171member
    Y a gotta reboot into 9 for Diablo II. It looks awfull run in emulation and works even worse.
  • Reply 33 of 38
    adam11adam11 Posts: 163member
    Ok, to answer my own question I bought the new 14 Inch iBook - OS X (with 640ram) is just fine... I have absolutely no complaints (I posted this under current hardware - 'I bought the Hub - and spokes').



    Cheers



    [ 01-14-2002: Message edited by: Adam11 ]</p>
  • Reply 34 of 38
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Glad to see you're happy.
  • Reply 35 of 38
    adam11adam11 Posts: 163member
    You know EmAn, following you round the boards I get the distinct impression that you are quite a nice guy..... does that sound as silly as it looks?





    Anyway - keep up the posting.... your words are always worth reading.



    cheers

    adam
  • Reply 36 of 38
    katekate Posts: 172member
    [quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:

    <strong>Has anyone tried booting OSX on an iBook via a fast external firewire drive?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yes, works as advertised, painless and quick.

    Seems a little bit faster than from the internal drive in my iBook.



    BTW The external FireWire drive is a homemade ICE Cube + old Quantum 9GB disk. With a faster disk it would be even better I think.
  • Reply 37 of 38
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Adam11:

    <strong>You know EmAn, following you round the boards I get the distinct impression that you are quite a nice guy..... does that sound as silly as it looks?





    Anyway - keep up the posting.... your words are always worth reading.



    cheers

    adam</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Thanks Adam, I appriciate it. Most people here can't stand my posts so I'm glad to see someone who likes what I say (or the lack of what I say).
  • Reply 38 of 38
    katekate Posts: 172member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>



    Thanks Adam.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    EmAn = a man



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
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