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Real world speed tests for Panther? Everyone keeps saying that Panther is much faster than Jaguar. So let's get some real world proof. I'm looking to run 2-4 tests on my top-o-the-line Powerbook - first on Jaguar (today) and then on Panther after I upgrade (tomorrow). Hook me up with your suggestions! Posted in Mac OS X at Oct 24 2003, 07:35:12 AM MDT 6 Comments

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I am interested in your results. Theoretically, I will be upgrading tonight, we'll see. Maybe I can give you the heads up.

Posted by Marc Adams on October 24, 2003 at 08:02 AM MDT #

Startup time from power off until the the finder is usable. Application startup time, for say, Eclipse M4. :) You might wonder why I am making suggestions instead of measuring speed myself. I am going to out of town so I won't be installing Pather until next week.

Posted by Kurt Wiersma on October 24, 2003 at 08:51 AM MDT #

You and I have the same laptop. I upgraded last night...things seem to be running a little faster, but I didn't stop to write down typical build times, etc. before I updgraded so I could be wrong. It's certainly not slower. I didn't have high expectations on the improved performance front...but things are looking up on the productivity side. Because I have a bad habit of having a dozen apps open at once, Expose is going to save me one hell of a lot of time. I'm usually slow to adapt to new usability features, but I am all over this one. Happy upgrading!

Posted by Robert Rasmussen on October 25, 2003 at 04:59 PM MDT #

As far as performance goes, there is a small difference. Using my old 12" powerbook, loading IDEA (including a considerable IDEA project) has gone from 37 seconds to around 31 seconds. I didn't actually expect an increase in application performance, so the marginal speed increase is a nice bonus. FWIW - performing the same test on a P4-2.6 winxp box takes 18 seconds. In terms of using the operating system, most actions feel slightly quicker, such as navigating around finder and using the dock when the system is under high load.

Posted by Rhys Keepence on October 26, 2003 at 08:33 PM MST #

Most of the sites reporting the speed increases in Panther have used Xbench: http://www.xbench.com/

Posted by Charles Miller on October 27, 2003 at 02:02 PM MST #

how fast do they go

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