On 10/7/05 03:07, "Richard McKay" <richard.mckay1 at virgin.net> wrote: > while I was searching for more info on the kernel extensions issue This ArsTechnica review of Tiger is quite tech heavy but does go into several issues about Tiger that make it faster to start than Panther...note that the link is to page 5 but others are relevant as well (page 4 for example). <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/5> Cheers, Richard --