How much faster can 10.3 be??

[AppleWatcher]

I was wondering; 10.2 is out now a while... But compared to 9.2.2 it still is not that fast (especially on a iMac DV SE... ).

So, what do you think? How much faster is 10.3 going to be??

Thankx,

AppleWatcher

[fryke]

It'll be incredibly slow compared to 9.2.2. :P

what exactly is slow in 10.2.2 for you? as mac os x - now and in the future - wants a decent graphics card for quartz extreme speed, your imac will be out of it for as long as there's mac os x. sure, 10.3 will be a bit faster here and there, maybe even much so. but what you perceive as slowness is a change in architecture that won't be 'solved' just like that.

you lost some interface speed.
you won a lot more. like real multitasking.
better threading.
and all the other UNIX stuff...

[AppleWatcher]

Yes I know... But I've a 8 MB videocard, so QE won't work that well...

*sigh* I think my next computer is a PC :$

AppleWatcher

[hypocampers]

The same happens with MicroSoft OS, for each invocation, for which there are so very many, there is a perceptable slow down and hence you need to buy a faster machine. Bill Gates knows this just fine, keeps the dosh rolling in for evermore....kind of got a sneaking admiration for the sly s*d.

[AppleWatcher]

I'm sorry but I'm going to need it for my study...

AW

[fryke]

Then I'd (personally) do the following: Buy a cheap-o-PC for 399$ and also a new iBook for 999$. That'll get you so much more than just a PC for maybe 3/4 of the price...

[AppleWatcher]

Now I'm going to do the following:

I assume you guys all know Aldi (www.aldi.com);
they have GREAT PC's for very low prices...

And I really do need a very fast PC because I'm going to study Informatica (informatics??) at the University of Utrecht...

[hypocampers]

No disrespect but why not talk about buying a PC somewhere else. Buying cheap PC is old hat, we know how to do it.

Utrecht is a great city, I loved it, I worked for SGI there.