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    Java is crap in OS X. Some things are 5-10 times native slower than in Classic

    <p>One thing I've noticed with IE on WinDozes is that the JIT (Just-In-Time compiler) when used with the browser was really slowing pages down on our intranet when I used Exploder instead of Nutscrape. <p>If your classes are only being used once, or even two or three times, you may be paying...
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    Speedup hint: UFS Filesys is Sssssslloooooowwwwwwwwwwwww

    <p>After f0rking around with MacOS X for the last week I've found that the UFS* filesystem seems to have VERY poor performance on my iMac 500 SE. <p>(UFS = Unix File System, the 'other' type allowed under the Disk Setup Util during install) <p>Under PB: <p>I installed with UFS as the...
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