Ok, so firstly, i own an iBook 500 /320Mb Machine, so as ya know, its no PowerMac, but i too own and frequently use an XP machine, that too isn't comparable to a PowerMac (K7 900MHz / 768Mb / GF3) But the general GUI Speed is Massi ve!
I like to use my iBook, and look forward to buying a Desktop machine to make my PC *fingers crossed* redundant!
But until then, i'd like to try and speed up my Jaguar equipped iBook, altho i've used X, from 10 - 10.2, i still find it VERY slow to do most stuff in, (namely because i am used to the speed of Windows GUI).
Now, i found, ditching the text, which appears on mouse over (on the dock) actually speeds the dock up LOADS (when magnification is on!), and so i am pretty pleased with transparent dock!
But by doing so, it kinda reminded me, of the good ol' days, when i hacked the HELL out of XP (you guys probably remember?) to replicate the aqua *look* (look only i guess
), but after doing so, i noticed on my PC, the speed was very simular to how it is, on my iBook, but due to the fact, i had added all the GUI extra's, i knew how to take them away, to speed my machine up once more.
And so, i was kinda hoping you guys could give me some pointers, as to ways i could increase speed somehow?!
things i had thought about was, well, losing all the transparency stuff, i mean, with Inactive windows, Save dialog boxes, and such! Could i, maybe use Duality, with a modified aqua theme, that doesn't have transparencies?! Would Duality reflect to the System hogg of Windows Blinds?!
Another thought, was shadowing, yes it looks nice, but if its comparable to how things were when i implemented it into XP, it'll do me more good to disable it, it must be possible?!
if anyone could think of anyways, or point ANYTHING out to me, i'd appreciate that!!
thanks!
Neyo
I like to use my iBook, and look forward to buying a Desktop machine to make my PC *fingers crossed* redundant!
But until then, i'd like to try and speed up my Jaguar equipped iBook, altho i've used X, from 10 - 10.2, i still find it VERY slow to do most stuff in, (namely because i am used to the speed of Windows GUI).
Now, i found, ditching the text, which appears on mouse over (on the dock) actually speeds the dock up LOADS (when magnification is on!), and so i am pretty pleased with transparent dock!
But by doing so, it kinda reminded me, of the good ol' days, when i hacked the HELL out of XP (you guys probably remember?) to replicate the aqua *look* (look only i guess
), but after doing so, i noticed on my PC, the speed was very simular to how it is, on my iBook, but due to the fact, i had added all the GUI extra's, i knew how to take them away, to speed my machine up once more. And so, i was kinda hoping you guys could give me some pointers, as to ways i could increase speed somehow?!
things i had thought about was, well, losing all the transparency stuff, i mean, with Inactive windows, Save dialog boxes, and such! Could i, maybe use Duality, with a modified aqua theme, that doesn't have transparencies?! Would Duality reflect to the System hogg of Windows Blinds?!
Another thought, was shadowing, yes it looks nice, but if its comparable to how things were when i implemented it into XP, it'll do me more good to disable it, it must be possible?!
if anyone could think of anyways, or point ANYTHING out to me, i'd appreciate that!!
thanks!
Neyo
