[CUBE] Just got back from the Computer Store

[Alan Thompson]

i still feel that 9 is faster, from what i've seen (when i first bought 
the cube, it had os 9 on it, which i promptly removed).  it's just that 
os 9 or any mac os prior to X is so phenomenally unstable, and without 
very basic OS features such as true multitasking, memory protection, 
native tcp, not an extension, and being a true multi-user system.  OS 9 
still has faster window redraws, scrolling, window resizing, menu 
performance, etc... - but it's not worth it.  and it's ugly (imo).  the 
gui performance may be there, but the under the hood fundamentals of OS 
9 are horrible.  now, os X gui performance is catching up somewhat, and 
using 9 will seem more and more silly, with no arguments left for its 
use at all.  this is what apple would like of course, but applications 
that some rely on are not there yet, but once they are, there's no 
reason to run os 9 on "new world" hardware anymore.

all, in my opinion, of course.


On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 01:54 PM, FrankG wrote:

> And anyone running 9 on the Cube complaining should be ashamed.
> It appears all solved in 10.2.3