Speed increase with Panther on G4s?

[onlydroops]

I hear that supposedly Panther will make significant speed increases for the G5 systems... but will there be a comparable increase for the G4s?

When people talk about how Panther will be faster, what exactly is going to be faster?

 

[mactastic]

Re: Speed increase with Panther on G4s?

Originally posted by onlydroops
I hear that supposedly Panther will make significant speed increases for the G5 systems... but will there be a comparable increase for the G4s?

When people talk about how Panther will be faster, what exactly is going to be faster?

IIRC, there was someone who claimed to have access to developer builds of Panther that claimed there were at least decent speed increases in store for G4 uesrs. I don't recall who it was though.

 

[MacsRgr8]

People who have tried the developer releases of Panther builds notice speed increases on EVERY Mac! G3 or G4!
Boot times, starting applications, Finder responsiveness.... all speed up using Panther.
Cant' wait till the final release...

 

[veedubdrew]

I second that. I have a 600 MHz iBook G3 withOUT Quartz Extreme. When running Panther it feels far snappier than my 800 MHz flat panel iMac G4 running Jag. The iBook boots faster, opens windows faster, opens contextual menus faster, scrolls smoother, shuts down faster, etc, etc. And all this is without the benefit of QE.

Many apps are faster in Panther too. iCal is noticeably quicker, Mail is worlds faster, Sherlock is faster, System Profiler is way faster. Regular apps seem to boot a bit faster too. Sheets come and go faster and with cool effects.

Overall, just the speed increases alone are worth the $129 in my opinion. It's a beautiful OS that is maturing nicely. Unfortunately for Apple, it will probably help to keep me from buying a new Mac for a few more years

-Drew

 

[MacsRgr8]

Originally posted by veedubdrew
Unfortunately for Apple, it will probably help to keep me from buying a new Mac for a few more years

-Drew

LOL! Don't say that too loud..... Otherwise 10.3.1 would show some significant speed decreases....

 

[daveL]

I've been running the Panther betas since early July. I just installed 7B59 yesterday and it is defnitely getting close to GM. The UI is almost 100% faster than Jag on my 1 GHz/1 GB Tibook. It seems to use less memory, as well. Safari is much more stable and even fatser than Safari under Jag. And PDF rendering is simply astounding.

I think one of the reasons Apple charges $129 for major OS X releases is, in part, because the speed improvements themselves *do* extend the useful life of existing Apple machines, and therefore are very much worth the price. Then you add all the new functionality on top of it, and it's a no-brainer purchase, in my mind.

 

[bousozoku]

I've seen so many people mention that Panther is much faster. I hope it's still faster after the GM.

The beta releases of 10.2 and 10.1 were much faster than the final release, so history will most likely repeat itself in certain areas.

Hopefully, the overall increases will be anywhere from good to amazing with better stability than we have today.