whosjk Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Greetings, short time listener, first time caller. First time osx user. recently hacked my dell. had a smooth install. everything is working but my audio at this time. i thought i did a lot of research on osx86 before i decided to do the install. all i read was how fast osx86 was on intels. my 10.5.1 is quick ... dont get me wrong ... however it doesnt seem any faster than running vista32. i click on the applications folder, system properties, etc. and there is a acouple second delay before the window/finder pops up...then the information inside that window will gradually come into sight. is this normal? i dual boot with windows server 2008 as an O/S on a seprate HD and i can tell you, that is MUCH faster(click on a program or folder and it pops up Immediately with no delay). with all the reading i've been doing, a system with the specs that mine has, osx should be flying. so question ... am i just a spoiled brat that has too high of expectations or should osx86 be running faster? i currently have 4gb of memory running at 667mhz. would a new computer build with 8gb of memory make a difference? i'm a designer that runs 500mb photoshop files on a daily basis. 10.5.1 installed on 250gb hd partitioned right down the middle...second partition is for backup/file storage windows server 2008 installed on 500gb hd partitioned at 80gb for O/S ... other partition is formatted fat so both O/S's can use it for file storage/backup. xbench results without disk drives is 209.22 xbench results with disk drives is 149.33 could my hd be a problem? Thanks for listening .. overall, for only being on osx for a day .. i like it and think i'll probably use it 90% of the time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakiopaalu Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 New windows pop right up on my Hack – no delays Drilling though the folders, there is a slight delay if I go deeper inside than the folder inside the folder already visible – but only a fraction of a second Then again, if I look into a HD that has "gone to sleep", the delay caused by the spinup is couple of seconds. Running now 10.5.4 with 8 GB RAM, but was the same from the beginning (originally my install had 4 GB on 10.5.1) Other specs in the sig. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 In my experience, Windows Apps do launch faster than OS X, but OS X has better multitasking than Windows, once they're open. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solow Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Are you sure you have Core Image and Quartz Extreme enabled for your video card? If not you'll definitely notice more lag due to the CPU doing more of the display rendering task instead of your video card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosjk Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 yes qe and ci are enabled Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabluest Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 @Whosjk: In System Profiler, on the left hand side, under Hardware, click Graphics/Displays: If you have working QE/CI it should read: Core Image: Hardware Accelerated and Quartx Extreme: Supported. Edit: Nevermind see you got it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Watz0n Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I see you have a multicore processor. I know this is rare, but it has happened before. Open up System Profiler, and on the main Hardware list it should tell you about your processor, and how many cores it has. If it says the number you have, then you are good. But some people report only one core, when in fact they have two or four. Just worth a check . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Could be slow read/write disk speeds... Try a disk test with XBench and tell us your results. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosjk Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Hardware Overview: Model Name: Mac Model Identifier: Mac Pro Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 4 L2 Cache: 8 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: Hack.int.0sh Serial Number: YM8659M6W0A DISK SPEEDS WITH XBENCH: Results 57.48 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.1 (9B18) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model Mac Pro Drive Type ST3250310AS ST3250310AS Disk Test 57.48 Sequential 152.07 Uncached Write 164.90 101.25 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 165.31 93.53 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 110.63 32.38 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 194.11 97.56 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 35.44 Uncached Write 11.65 1.23 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 96.54 30.91 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 96.32 0.68 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 158.56 29.42 MB/sec [256K blocks] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Watz0n Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Hm... I don't even have a very powerful system, and my disk test speeds are better in some spots. Have a look: Disk Test 64.49 Sequential 96.84 Uncached Write 109.67 67.34 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 104.85 59.32 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 72.80 21.30 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 112.21 56.40 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 48.34 Uncached Write 18.42 1.95 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 118.42 37.91 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 80.97 0.57 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 130.42 24.20 MB/sec [256K blocks] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117752-are-my-expectations-too-high/#findComment-834927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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