Why do people say OS X doesnt slow down?

[jmazzamj]

My iMac7,1 came with Tiger and later I installed Leopard on top and Snow Leopard on top of Leopard. My iMac runs very smoothly. What I noticed that some apps leave LaunchAgents or LaunchDaemons even if yu remove those apps with AppZapper or any other similar app. These agents and daemons can and slow boot and even after boot.You should check for those also if HDD free space is low OS X can be slower.

How can I get rid of those, then?

I have always used AppZapper to uninsall my software and I used to have my HD partitioned with two installations (not on my Air, though). Any advices?

 

[mjsmke]

OSX doesnt slow down.....HDD's slow down when filling up or faulty.

 

[deppest]

Incrasing the number of HDDs will also increase startup-up time, even with fast/empty ones. When I removed all HDDs but the boot-drive from the internal bays (total 3 removed) I was surprised to see how quickly the MacPro booted. In addition, 2 of the HDDs were in a RAID0 setup which may require even more time to mount during booting

 

[PeteJames]

I was just searching around as I've always wondered why every pc i've ever come into contact with suffers from horrific slowdown often within the first year or two, yet my mac which I've had my mac for 2 1/2 years runs as well as ever. Does the OSX just need less maintenance? Is it because they run cooler? Better design or components? Or just a happy coincidence?

 

[mmulin]

I was just searching around as I've always wondered why every pc i've ever come into contact with suffers from horrific slowdown often within the first year or two, yet my mac which I've had my mac for 2 1/2 years runs as well as ever. Does the OSX just need less maintenance? Is it because they run cooler? Better design or components? Or just a happy coincidence?

It is the windows decay time. For example XP, famously, used to deteriorate around 3 to 6 month after a fresh install. Subsequent versions, i.e. W7, have a longer decay time apparently.
It is not the machinery which slows down your computer but how the OS handles and maintains itself. Also, Apple always seems to be committed to optimise the OS through updates. So, if there isn't any ground breaking new features requiring better hardware, the OS will often perform faster than previous versions.

Of course OSX also posses its decay time but to my experience the effect is much slower. Additionally, for any OS it also depends on installed applications, drivers, and general usage patterns.

 

[8CoreWhore]

The people who say it doesn't slow down never experienced it. The people who say it slows down experienced it. That's how it works.