From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:09:12 -0800 From: "Christopher Nielsen" 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 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4f34febc0801242131j316f6325h5cf1ab9c72a7ce31@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 39e12ef8-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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, 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