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

[Owen Stampflee]

As far back as I can remember, Linux has always whooped OSX's butt when
it came to database applications.

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 13:03 -0400, Derick Centeno wrote:
> 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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