[iBook] what do you do at night?

[david]

On Jul 9, 2005, at 8:11 PM, Joel Esler wrote:

> 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?

Since I am responsible for a lab with a number of different kind of  
Macs, and I own several myself, I can say with assurance that all  
things being equal, boot times are mostly influenced by processor and  
hard drive speeds. By all things being equal I mean all computers  
running the same version of the OS, all running the same set of  
startup applications, having the same fonts activated etc.

For those of you who own a Mac Mini and a firewire drive, an easy way  
to see how the hard drive influences start up, time your boot from  
the internal drive and then the external firewire drive. Wow!

david

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if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a
little fun.  ~ Groucho Marx

david
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