I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?

Peter

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Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA
http://bicyclemackay.org.au

Peter McCallum wrote:
> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?
>
> Peter
>

Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
love you.

Chu

--
chuenginsberg at mac dot com

Peter McCallum wrote:
> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?
>
> Peter
>

Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
love you.

Chu

--
chuenginsberg at mac dot com

In article <1hmvago.qst121jwv9c8N%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.a u>,
p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:

> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?

I'm running 10.4.8 on a G3 400 Pizmo with 384MB of RAM and I find the
performance fine. It's use is with Appleworks rather than Photoshop,
though.

In article <1hmvago.qst121jwv9c8N%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.a u>,
p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:

> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?

I'm running 10.4.8 on a G3 400 Pizmo with 384MB of RAM and I find the
performance fine. It's use is with Appleworks rather than Photoshop,
though.

In article <2q-dnU8azKFe-bTYRVny1Q@eclipse.net.uk>, Chu-En Ginsberg
<nospam@nospamhere.comINVALID> wrote:

> > I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> > seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> > networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?

> Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
> love you.

One can check if one needs more RAM by*checking if one gets to many
virtual memory pageouts during ones typical usage. This can be done in the
Activity Monitor, installing & using MenuMeters, or installing Xcode
(developer package) using 'vm_stat' from the console.

--
Hans Aberg

In article <2q-dnU8azKFe-bTYRVny1Q@eclipse.net.uk>, Chu-En Ginsberg
<nospam@nospamhere.comINVALID> wrote:

> > I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> > seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> > networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?

> Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
> love you.

One can check if one needs more RAM by*checking if one gets to many
virtual memory pageouts during ones typical usage. This can be done in the
Activity Monitor, installing & using MenuMeters, or installing Xcode
(developer package) using 'vm_stat' from the console.

--
Hans Aberg

That has not been my experience
On many slower models, 10.3.9 runs faster than any breed of Tiger (10.4)
This is esp true for g3 and g4 slower than , say 800mhz
You should at least try panther

Cheers andrew


On 9/10/06 10:11 PM, in article
haberg-0910061411220001@c83-250-192-...band.comhem.se, "Hans Aberg"
<haberg@math.su.se> wrote:

> In article <2q-dnU8azKFe-bTYRVny1Q@eclipse.net.uk>, Chu-En Ginsberg
> <nospam@nospamhere.comINVALID> wrote:
>
>>> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
>>> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
>>> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?
>
>> Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
>> love you.
>
> One can check if one needs more RAM by*checking if one gets to many
> virtual memory pageouts during ones typical usage. This can be done in the
> Activity Monitor, installing & using MenuMeters, or installing Xcode
> (developer package) using 'vm_stat' from the console.

That has not been my experience
On many slower models, 10.3.9 runs faster than any breed of Tiger (10.4)
This is esp true for g3 and g4 slower than , say 800mhz
You should at least try panther

Cheers andrew


On 9/10/06 10:11 PM, in article
haberg-0910061411220001@c83-250-192-...band.comhem.se, "Hans Aberg"
<haberg@math.su.se> wrote:

> In article <2q-dnU8azKFe-bTYRVny1Q@eclipse.net.uk>, Chu-En Ginsberg
> <nospam@nospamhere.comINVALID> wrote:
>
>>> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
>>> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
>>> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?
>
>> Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
>> love you.
>
> One can check if one needs more RAM by*checking if one gets to many
> virtual memory pageouts during ones typical usage. This can be done in the
> Activity Monitor, installing & using MenuMeters, or installing Xcode
> (developer package) using 'vm_stat' from the console.

I only stand for the vrtual memory suggestion. - You quote as though I was
standing for the speed stuff.

But Mac OS X.4 needs considerably more RAM in order to run effiently. So
if your G3 has too little RAM, it will appear as though Mac OS X.4 is
slower than X.3.

What is the amount of RAM in the G3's you have checked this on?


In article <C151C0DC.2765%macguru@ozemail.com.au>, Andrew
<macguru@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> That has not been my experience
> On many slower models, 10.3.9 runs faster than any breed of Tiger (10.4)
> This is esp true for g3 and g4 slower than , say 800mhz
> You should at least try panther
>
> Cheers andrew
>
>
> On 9/10/06 10:11 PM, in article
> haberg-0910061411220001@c83-250-192-...band.comhem.se, "Hans Aberg"
> <haberg@math.su.se> wrote:
>
> > In article <2q-dnU8azKFe-bTYRVny1Q@eclipse.net.uk>, Chu-En Ginsberg
> > <nospam@nospamhere.comINVALID> wrote:
> >
> >>> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> >>> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> >>> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?
> >
> >> Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
> >> love you.
> >
> > One can check if one needs more RAM by*checking if one gets to many
> > virtual memory pageouts during ones typical usage. This can be done in the
> > Activity Monitor, installing & using MenuMeters, or installing Xcode
> > (developer package) using 'vm_stat' from the console.

--
Hans Aberg

I only stand for the vrtual memory suggestion. - You quote as though I was
standing for the speed stuff.

But Mac OS X.4 needs considerably more RAM in order to run effiently. So
if your G3 has too little RAM, it will appear as though Mac OS X.4 is
slower than X.3.

What is the amount of RAM in the G3's you have checked this on?


In article <C151C0DC.2765%macguru@ozemail.com.au>, Andrew
<macguru@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> That has not been my experience
> On many slower models, 10.3.9 runs faster than any breed of Tiger (10.4)
> This is esp true for g3 and g4 slower than , say 800mhz
> You should at least try panther
>
> Cheers andrew
>
>
> On 9/10/06 10:11 PM, in article
> haberg-0910061411220001@c83-250-192-...band.comhem.se, "Hans Aberg"
> <haberg@math.su.se> wrote:
>
> > In article <2q-dnU8azKFe-bTYRVny1Q@eclipse.net.uk>, Chu-En Ginsberg
> > <nospam@nospamhere.comINVALID> wrote:
> >
> >>> I've installed System 10.4.8 on a G3 900Mz iBook with 500MB RAM but it
> >>> seems to be a bit slow for some tasks, especially with wireless
> >>> networking enabled. If I purchase a copy of Panther will it run faster?
> >
> >> Nope. If anything, it'll run slower. Get more RAM - your computer will
> >> love you.
> >
> > One can check if one needs more RAM by*checking if one gets to many
> > virtual memory pageouts during ones typical usage. This can be done in the
> > Activity Monitor, installing & using MenuMeters, or installing Xcode
> > (developer package) using 'vm_stat' from the console.

--
Hans Aberg