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  • Better than fair, but not quite excellent. How about 7 out of 10. G4/400 PowerMac 256M, and G3/466 iBook SE 320M, mostly IE, iTunes, iMovie, some games. Also a lot of Office and Photoshop under Classic, but I'm waiting anxiously for the arriva…
    in Is OSX fast enough for you? Comment by superbob January 2002
  • Works just fine. I use a G4/400 at home, and G4/450 Cube at work, OS X 10.1.2 on both. I've got no complaints about the performance. But I do have one problem with the G4/400, it is nearly 3 years old and has only the Rage 128 ATI graphics car…
    in Is OSX OK with a 400 mhz G4? Comment by superbob January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Nebrie: I used windows 2000 for a long time, and when I switched mac, I actually found adapting to OS X far easier than OS 9. Hmmm. Apple needing to convert lots of Windows users into Mac users to sell lots more Macs…
    in Register.com claims that 90% of Mac users hate Aqua/OS X Comment by superbob January 2002
  • Memory is what is lacking in these new machines. No DDR, still only 1.5GB max. These _have_ to be short-lived. Here's my theory - there is no G5, Motorola can't make it work. But Apple had a new mobo design with DDR etc. ready to go for the G5. …
    in Why new round of G4s may not be here that long Comment by superbob January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by G-News: ...drivers, which are still the heart of any computer, still require some heavy assembler coding and platform specific implementations. Agreed, and that would likely be the issue Apple is most concerned about …
    in The next generation Macintosh Comment by superbob January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by bunge: In all fairness, Darwin, Quicktime, OpenGL, and Java 2 all run on AMD processors right now. According to the graph, that's 3 out of the 5 lowest levels of the "taken care of". Quartz would be a big step but the …
    in The next generation Macintosh Comment by superbob January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Cobra: This guy sounds like a Wintel lover who is lusting after OS X but does not want to buy new hardware. On my desk at home: PowerMac G4/400, iBook G3/466, OS X. Soon to be added, a G4/800 iMac, unless something …
    in The next generation Macintosh Comment by superbob January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by starfleet: Sorry to sound condescending, but you apparenly know nothing about software development. LOL!!! Man, that gave me a good laugh!! I'll admit I don't know much about Macintosh software development. But …
    in The next generation Macintosh Comment by superbob January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by tonton: "Porting OS X to another processor is a relatively minor effort" Are you serious? Exactly how much do you know about processor architecture and low-level programming? Not all that much, I'll admit. But mor…
    in The next generation Macintosh Comment by superbob January 2002