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Comment on OS X Snow Leopard vs Leopard on a Macbook Pro. Disappointment by chrisaceto

chrisaceto — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:34:48 +0000

I've had some more time to really test Snow Leopard since the install and I can say with certainty, it is noticeably faster than Leopard. Startup and shutdown are much quicker, opening applications is quicker, connecting to my network and working off of network drives also seems much quicker.

For $35, it's been well worth the price at the very least.

Comment on 32 bit and 64 bit Snow Leopard Speed on a Macbook Pro by blufire

blufire — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:39:53 +0000

The 64-bit kernel is generally unnecessary for most users at this point. The majority of the 64-bit benefit applies even while running the 32-bit kernel (as long as you have a 64-bit CPU). Check out page 5 of Ars Technica's excellent Snow Leopard review for more info: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/ma...

Comment on OS X Snow Leopard vs Leopard on a Macbook Pro. Disappointment by blufire

blufire — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:36:53 +0000

Xbench is outdated (3+ years old) and not what I'd call a “good” test of system performance. There are many alternatives that are much better at testing various areas of the OS, but it should really come down to the timing for your day-to-day tasks.

Comment on OS X Snow Leopard vs Leopard on a Macbook Pro. Disappointment by chrisaceto

chrisaceto — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:28:11 +0000

My XBench score has not improved at all. The only increase in performance that can be seen via Xbench is when booting my Macbook Pro in 64 bit mode.

http://christopheraceto.com/2009/08/29/32-bit-a...

Comment on OS X Snow Leopard vs Leopard on a Macbook Pro. Disappointment by S. A. Welsh

S. A. Welsh — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:14:19 +0000

I scored a 125.84 now that SL is installed.

I noticed that Spotlight was "indexing" my computer for a few minutes after I finished the update. This could very easily lower your score on xBench. Perhaps it was not finished indexing your system at the time of your test?

I agree that it may also be true that xBench is not testing things that are helped by Snow Leopard. There are a couple of [not so nice] thoughts floating around the internet about the whole 32/64 bit deal in Snow Leopard anyway...

So... did your score improve the second [or third] time around?

Comment on OS X Snow Leopard vs Leopard on a Macbook Pro. Disappointment by chrisaceto

chrisaceto — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:11:19 +0000

Actually I did test it right after. It's been off for about 5 hours, I'm going to run it again. Maybe Xbench doesn't support 64 bit? Can someone verify?

Comment on OS X Snow Leopard vs Leopard on a Macbook Pro. Disappointment by S. A. Welsh

S. A. Welsh — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:47:12 +0000

I shot a 118.37 with my 2 x 2GHz Dual-Core Xeon Mac Pro (9GB DDR2) running 10.4.11

Just out of curiosity, did you test it immediately after completing the install? I have a theory about MBP's slowing way down due to heat, like the kind that might build up reinstalling the OS...

I'll repost my score after upgrade.

Comment on The Future of Wireless Data Speed by Mika

Mika — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:19:53 +0000

HSPA is right choice for operators. HSPA is mature technology and there are already close to 600 HSPA devices launched for NA frequencies (850/1900). Skipping HSPA and trying to go directly to LTE would be a huge risk.

Note that indoor performance at home will be far from the peak rate promised. Peak rate also depends on the available bandwidth (LTE peak rates are always for 20 MHz bandwith). Additionally it should be taken into account that future HSPA+ evolution promises also above 100Mbps peak rates.