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[quote]Originally posted by AirSluf: A disk controller may even write an updated file in the open space then delete the reference to the original even if it does not change size, that's up to the manufacturer. This is technically incorrect. …
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[quote]Originally posted by janitor: when i placed my swap file(s) on their own dedicated partition os x sped up noticeably (...) my logic is that the drive always knew right where to go to find my swap file, cutting down seek time and improving …
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[quote]Originally posted by NoahJ: What I have noticed being the system admin here is the if the computer is using NTFS it actually seems to fragment WORSE than FAT or FAT32. Microsoft made many claims that NTFS was frag proof, but time did not …
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[quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg: Anyone have any benchmarks that prove there is a speedup in system performance after defragging a HD? I'm talking about a modern, 5400 or 7200 RPM HD, at least an ATA66 interface. As has been stated…
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[quote]Originally posted by Detnap: First of all, there is no magic in OSX. just because it's a new os, it's still HFS+, and it becomes fragmented just like every other fs (except for something like ffs, which is nice when coupled with softupdates)…
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: Here's a question for someone in the know. Is XP any better at fragmentation than previous versions? We still use 95 in our dept. at work (yuk ). It sure is, if you format the drive in NTFS format, not …
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[quote]Originally posted by moki: hrm... thanks, I'd like to give that a shot, but I can't download it -- it says a user/password is required... Sorry about that, didn't know anonymous access is denied. Just copy and paste the following into …
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[quote]Originally posted by moki: Does anyone have any advice (other than "Use DAVE and/or Sharity" -- they don't want to have to purchase any software)? Actually, I think this might be related to password encryption. NT4 by default *only* conne…
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[quote]Originally posted by cpm: Cocoa apps would, I'm not sure about Carbon though. I think Apple is touting Cocoa as the future of development for the platform, and Carbon is more a of transition for apps from OS 9 to X. Cocoa apps woul…
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[quote]Originally posted by skipwiley: Optimization, Little Endian vs. Big Endian are concerns with compiled binaries, not so much with raw source code. Apple's "Mocha" Compiler would optimize and create a binary to run correctly on PowerPC withou…
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[double post - btw, this flood control thingy is really annoying] [ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: RazzFazz ]
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[quote]Originally posted by the cool gut: Adding further doubts, is Window's weakness in handling larger files in general and large amounts of data, do to inefficiant memory management and lack of proper multi-tasking. Which all don't apply to…
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[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: grover it does this in most anything you do in Windows. WTF are you talking about? I mean having to go through two or three dialogs for alot of things you change is just obnoxious. Ever actually used Windows…
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[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: Here is a example. I just want to change the resolution. In my Mac and can just change it and I get no hassles. In Windows it gives you these "Are You sure?" dialogs every time. (images) Windows treats…
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[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: Do you actually know what all QT handles? The areas where the RagePro drivers lack acceleration are, AFAIR, mainly related to video playback (thus "for some codecs, switching to lower color depths should…
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[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: I know tons of newspapers using iMacs for page layout and design. And those need OpenGL or QuickTime acceleration for what exactly? (Besides: Are you serious? Professional layouting on a 15" screen th…
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[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: I am talking about multimedia houses. Places that do graphic and video work. Oh, I though we were talking about iMacs and iBooks. I don't really think any self-respecting company would consider those val…
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[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: Yeah the iBook was not even a year old when OS X came out. I don't think the public beta counts here, since it actually didn't work very decently (let alone supported everything) on *any* machine. …
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[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: Again I said either Apple was A. Lying or B. purposably trying to trick the consumers. Either way they are wrong. Yes, *you* said so. As I said above, this is *your* opinion, you're free to have it, jus…