Dual-processor machines run OS X extremely well. I can't say the same for single-processor machines like the iMac.

I think it can be summed up in the fact that the iMac is a consumer machine, and the PB is a professional. The specs reflect this ie, FSB 100 to 133, L3 Cache and the video card, t…

The HD in my Ti/500 has been getting progressively louder since I bought it. It seems to have peaked at a noise level that is just short of unbearable- it's only fractionally quiet…

I had the same problem, it was the hard drive. Bought a new 40GB IBM drive and it's much quieter now! The drive is available at GoogleGear for about $145 now. [ 05-05-2002: Mess…

I bought a new Travelstar 30GB (~$120, 3-4 months ago) from www.newegg.com, they have great prices and a great tracking system. Make sure to buy the GN IBM series, those are the…

my Ti500 drive (travelstar 30gt) is pretty loud now also. i just started shopping around for a replacement drive. the IBM GN and GH series both have the fluid dynamic stuff and o…

Most hard drives I've used have gradually gotten louder with time, except for the fluid-bearing IBM Travelstars. I've had a 48GB installed since late last summer, and it's still p…

Since I just got a new Tibook 800, and because I am not quite ready to start a new FCP project yet, I thought I can get a new game to test the GFX performance of the new machine. N…

Quake 3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein are popular choices for both playing and performance testing.

Quote: Originally posted by pseudosnow: <STRONG>BTW I heard some time ago that there will be a realtime 3D version of Myst (Real Myst?) anyone when that will be av…

If you get Q3 of RTCW would you please be able to post some benchmarks, with the exact configuration you are using... I want to see how this new Radeon 7500 holds up... Thanks

My IE 4.5 used to be a dog ! Very slow web-page refresh. Afetr I installed OE 5.0, (without any problems what-so-ever), my IE 4.5 browser is screaming fast ! Is it my imaginatio…

Same thing happened to me, although it wasn't quite as drastic. I just got a cable modem about 2 weeks, and I had noticed that netscape seemed to be considerably faster at renderi…

WOW! For me IE 4.5 is *definetly* faster after I installed OE 5.0. It's *much* much faster. I had found IE4.5 to be virtually unusable with my cable modem, but now it's much fast…

IE 4.5 is much faster with Outlook Express 5.0. It has more features than Netscape, too. Now I get more features and faster HTML rendering. I am running Mac OS 9.0 on a Rev. A i…

Maybe it's just me - but my IE used to have a long pause after I would first start it up (I assumed it was because of my huge favorites list, and had gotten quite used to it). I j…

I noticed that IE 4.5 loads pages must faster under OS 9. I'll install OE 5.0 and see if that helps it as well... it might just be that 5.0 contains certain libraries that OS 9 ins…

Can anyone isolate what *exactly* is causing the speed up? I installed backwards -- OE 5 yesterday, and then IE 4.5 today. And it doesn't seem so quick. I'm thinking that IE 4.5…

I've seen this slowdown happen a couple of times with OE4.5 and IE 4.5 installed. What I would do is re-run the "Microsoft Internet First Run" application. This has fixed the probl…

If I am not mistaken, MS are developing [have developed??] a new rendering engine called 'Taslan'. Could it be implemented in OE5?, and also somehow in shared libaries that replac…

I use IE 4.5 on a Lombard/400 but have no intention to run OE 4.5/5.0. After reading this thread & other similar feedback around the Web, I acted on a hunch & ran only the …

There are only three components that I can see which MAY be the root cause for this speed-up. Microsoft Framework (Extension, 5.0) Microsoft Internet Library (Extension, 5.0) Micr…

IE seems to be bombing more now that I installed OE 5.0

As anthony (anthony@outshine.com) had said, when he first installed OE5, and then IE4.5, the speedup dissapeared. And as others have noticed, the following files have been upgrade…

I haven't noticed an increase in speed on IE4.5 but I have noticed that when backspacing in OE5.0 (a feature I frequently use!) that the deletion goes very slowly. Have seen this …