I wouldn't say that fifteen seconds is excessive. I'd say that seventeen bounces, but not necessarily fifteen seconds.
The bounces thing comes from, a few years ago, when OS X hardware varied wildly enough to make a difference. OS X ran easily enough on 233MHz G3s with 64mb of ram, and 200MHz 604s with also-64mb-of-ram. That was a big difference from, say, a G3/450 with 512mb or a gig of ram. (which is what my OS X Developer friend had at the time, while I had an iMac, and my other friend had the 7300/200)
When I upgraded my Jaguar to Panther, some years ago, I didn't notice a big speed hit, but my install didn't last that long either, only a few months.
It's not the best benchmark, but it does seem indicative.
Naturally, few of my apps now load in more than 5 bounces, the only ones I can think of that do are final cut pro, and photoshop. I'll pay more attention next time I launch them though.
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The bounces thing comes from, a few years ago, when OS X hardware varied wildly enough to make a difference. OS X ran easily enough on 233MHz G3s with 64mb of ram, and 200MHz 604s with also-64mb-of-ram. That was a big difference from, say, a G3/450 with 512mb or a gig of ram. (which is what my OS X Developer friend had at the time, while I had an iMac, and my other friend had the 7300/200)
When I upgraded my Jaguar to Panther, some years ago, I didn't notice a big speed hit, but my install didn't last that long either, only a few months.
It's not the best benchmark, but it does seem indicative.
Naturally, few of my apps now load in more than 5 bounces, the only ones I can think of that do are final cut pro, and photoshop. I'll pay more attention next time I launch them though.
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