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Re: I long for a decent OS.
« on: January 03, 2007, 08:59:39 PM »
I just tested two Mac systems for boot times and then time to load a word processor so you could start typing.

The first machine is a Mac Classic running System 6.0.8 (the last version of the Mac system written entirely in machine code.)  I booted the machine and ran MacWrite Pro.  Total time from start to the time to start typing 1 minute and 20 seconds.

The second machine is an Intel Mac mini running 10.4.8 and then booting Microsoft Word.  Time from cold boot to word processing was 1 minute and 15 seconds.  

I actually expected the Classic to be quicker.

I have a Toshiba laptop...the boot on it is horrible.  Hit the button and come back in an hour to run software.  This will be my last PC.  The Intel Mac, with Apple's Boot Camp, also runs XP MUCH faster than any other PC I've seen...

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Re: I long for a decent OS.
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 04:57:27 AM »
@GreggBz

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that Boot Camp was some sort of accelerator.  As you said, it's just a loader for XP.  I was just remarking on the SPEED at which XP booted.  No magic just quality computers with well integrated software...



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