[ydl-gen] RFO: Mac Mini or G5 iMac

Derick Centeno aguilarojo at verizon.net
Wed Sep 7 11:03:05 MDT 2005


Here are the links you requested, complete with references to real world
tests:

Part I:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436

Part II:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2520

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 12:16, Ken Schweigert wrote:
> On 9/6/05, Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > >From my view OS X is a bit slow and there have been professional level
> > tests which reveal how slow OS X actually is, which means that when the
> > switch happens OS X will be even SLOWER.  Sticking with YDL on a PPC
> > would be a really smart investment, and your workload could be done even
> > faster as you won't be using a bloated OS which is very attractive, very
> > friendly and perhaps deserves a place in a multimedia center as opposed
> > to a traditional computational environment.  Your choice will have to be
> > with consideration of what you do with the technology you have and what
> > function is more important in your job.
> 
> Derick,
> 
> Can you send some links about the test of OSX being slow?  Is it Tiger
> that was slow or just OSX in general?  If I can't get YDL to install
> I'll be stuck with running OSX and was kinda wondering what I'll be in
> for.
> 
> -ken



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