XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: alangbaker@telus.net   
      
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    "Ezekiel"  wrote:   
      
   > >> A few points:   
   > >>   
   > >> This was never a high power cpu (1.2ghz) to begin with. It appears to   
   > >> have   
   > >> been mostly used in notebooks and netbooks.   
   > >>   
   > >> This time isn't excusable but this is a once every 15-month major   
   > >> service-pack update that's 1.9GB in size.   
   > >>   
   > >> I suspect that this is mostly disk I/O bound. There's a lot of backing up   
   > >> and uncompressing of the new files.   
   > >>   
   > >> When the occasional _major_ update comes along my Linux machines can also   
   > >> take some time to update.   
   > >>   
   > >> This "time" appeared in a Linux *advocacy* group. The same place it takes   
   > >> several tens of minutes to boot a Windows machine. Take it with a grain   
   > >> of   
   > >> salt.   
   > >>   
   > >> In literally hours there will be lots of people on many different   
   > >> websites   
   > >> reporting SP1 upgrade times. The jury is still out on what typical times   
   > >> are.   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> > Snow Leopard works great on 3 year old Macs.   
   > >>   
   > >> Which model Mac?   
   > >   
   > > Any number of them, but in my case, it's a MacBook Pro I bought more   
   > > than 3 years ago.   
   >   
   > We have an iPad and a small army of iPhones but never a laptop/desktop. I   
   > already had a rough idea but I had to lookup what a 3-year old MacBook Pro   
   > is. It's quite a nice machine - MacBook Pro (Early 2008 and Late 2008) -   
   > NVIDIA GeForce 8600M, 2.4-2.6 Ghz cpu, 800MHz FSB and a 7200 rpm HDD option.   
   > Spec wise it is in a different league.   
      
   I'm not saying it isn't.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > >> My mid-range laptop is about a year old and runs W7-64 without any   
   > >> problems.   
   > >> The desktop is about 1.5 years old and runs w7 exceptionally well but it   
   > >> has   
   > >> copious amounts   
   > >> of RAM and multiple fast drives. The previous laptop would be about 4   
   > >> years   
   > >> old now and I wouldn't think of putting Win7 on it.   
   > >   
   > > I know. Yet I wouldn't hesitate to put Snow Leopard on a Mac of that age.   
   > >   
   > > Because I know it works.   
   >   
   > I'm not going to argue that Windows performance doesn't bloat as fast as   
   > Linux or OSX. I think that historically Windows needed somewhat more   
   > horsepower than comparable OS's of that generation. With decent hardware   
   > Windows would run well... BUT there are only 2 maybe 3 machines of mine that   
   > lasted for more than one version of Windows. Certainly not a laptop because   
   > I usually sell+upgrade my laptop every 2-3 years while it's still worth   
   > something.   
      
   What's been great about Mac OS X is that there has been very little   
   "bloat" in terms of the need for CPU performance; more RAM has been   
   needed, but not all that much.   
      
   --   
   Alan Baker   
   Vancouver, British Columbia   
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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