OSX - why the heck is it so slow?

[gotohamish]

You have to think about the bigger picture (until OSX is as crisp as 9)...

How long does it take me to do things and find things?

Navigation of the entire system is so good and clear and logical that it wipes OS9 off the board - sure it feels snappier, but it probably takes you longer to do the things you want.

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[Falleron]

I agree, I have been using OSX since the beginning of the year (10.1.2 or so). Anyway, I cant stand using OS9 anymore because of all the unwanted pauses and crashes. I think that overall, OSX saves so much time.

 

[backspinner]

Multitasking really rocks!

I tried to crash a said problematic emac (G4, 700MHz, 640MB) by overloading it with tasks. The result? 80 applications open (all I could find on the HD), 260 threads running, 6GB swap file, and still was iTunes playing and importing CD, was VirtualPC running usable, was I playing .mac games, while using dial-in.

One drawback: the dock becomes kind of problematic with so many apps listed...