Mac speed - Page 2

hewey · 05-05-2008, 02:37 AM

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Come on, this is a ridiculous exaggeration. I've waited for the beach ball to go away plenty of times - on a Mac Pro with 2x Intel Xeon 2.6 GHz with 4GB RAM.

Okay, slight.

But I'm kind of serious. I've never had to wait so long that I've gotten frustrated, told it to hurry up, tapped fingers etc. And that's been while five other programs are running in the background. I just mean comparatively. Every time I've used my parents' or brother's PCs I've ended up really frustrated over how long their computers have taken to load anything. And my brother's is a fully decked out gaming PC with insane amounts of RAM and awesome graphic processors. I'm not even gonna try and give you the specs, but it cost a lot so I KNOW it must be good, lol.

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Putting that aside though, how many people would definitally reccommend Mac antivirus?

No. Completely unnecessary. Don't bother unless you're concerned you may inadvertently pass on a virus from someone else's PC to another via email or chat etc.

skatj · 05-05-2008, 02:57 AM

How about spyware protection?

prdonut2k7 · 05-05-2008, 05:02 AM

In response to BCEagle...a better solution than underclocking would be to undervolt. No loss in speed, reduced heat, and a longer battery life. You have to have a ton of patience though to get the settings right.

BCEagle91 · 05-05-2008, 05:54 AM

"In response to BCEagle...a better solution than underclocking would be to undervolt. No loss in speed, reduced heat, and a longer battery life. You have to have a ton of patience though to get the settings right."

On my Compaq Presario (A64 3200+) laptop, voltage levels fluctuated with CPU demand. I could set the voltage manually but most of the time I didn't bother. With the new MacBook Pro, I have over five hours of battery life compared to about 100 minutes with my old laptop. I could get about 120 minutes underclocking it. Some of the next generation MID devices or notebooks based on the Atom processor should be able to do eight or more hours on a charge.

I'm planning on picking one of these up to leave around in the living room. Intel can't keep up with the demand for these chips right now from gadget manufacturers.