[iBook] what do you do at night?

[Joel Esler]

I just got a dual 2.0 PowerMac, (running 10.4.1) and I thought it  
booted alot faster than my 900 mghz G3 iBook, but it' probably mostly  
due to processor speed don't you think?

Or have we tested this?

Joel


On Jul 9, 2005, at 12:59 PM, Neil Hughes wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:24:52 +0100, Richard McKay wrote:
>
>
>>> 15 seconds! You're kidding right? OK, I'm still on a G3 iBook,  
>>> but it's
>>> not exactly a slouch at 800Mhz, and I'm sure it takes over a  
>>> minute to
>>> get to the Finder appearing (10.3.9). I'll time it when I next  
>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> What model are you using?
>>>
>>
>> Was probably more of a generalization...
>>
>> Actually if he is using Tiger then the boot time is quicker then  
>> Panther but
>> some of this is due to the fact that the OS doesn't load all the  
>> kernel
>> extensions at startup anymore but rather as and when they are  
>> needed (as I
>> understand it).
>>
>> That could have a significant effect on the time until login  
>> window appears.
>>
>
> Ah! Having just become the owner of a Mac mini running 10.4.1 I see  
> what
> you mean. It does boot up a lot quicker than my iBook running Panther,
> and I think you're right - not so much stuff loading at the start.  
> Like
> Windows XP compared with 2000/NT.
>
> Neil
>
>
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