From: "Christopher Nielsen" <cnielsen@pobox.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] [OT] 43 MB installer to share CD/DVD drive w/ MacBook Air
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:09:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0ac85f90801252109h465eb4eexb813680f081d7cf1@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A59770CD-AD74-414C-BD27-15D7C2B566CC@mac.com>
Actually, one of the first things I noticed about Leopard is that it
is noticeably faster than Tiger on the same hardware. YMMV.
On Jan 25, 2008 7:18 PM, <dave.l@mac.com> wrote:
> > One wonders at what point the law of diminishing returns kicks in when
> > it comes to software...
>
> It didn't kick in: it snuck in a while ago.
>
> I'm writing this on a 2GHz 2 core machine with 2Gb RAM
> and a stock OSX 10.4 install.
>
> it _should_ fly like a sparrowhawk: it's more like a dodo.
> I wonder how much "Leopard"(ha!) will "speed it up".
> Oh joy.
>
> DaveL
>
--
Christopher Nielsen
"They who can give up essential liberty for temporary
safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-26 5:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-25 5:31 John Barham
2008-01-26 3:18 ` dave.l
2008-01-26 3:48 ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-01-26 5:09 ` Christopher Nielsen [this message]
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