Re: [MACTCL] FW: OS X 10.3.3 slower?

[Steve L. <steve@DigitalSmarties.com>]

On 26/05/2004, at 4:27 AM, Cameron Laird wrote:

>> From: "Jeff Hobbs" <jeffh@ActiveState.com>

>> A buddy of mine has a 17" powerbook and has noticed poor performance 
>> in the
>> last month or so, which happens to coincide to when he upgraded to 
>> 10.3.3.
....
>> I saw one review that said the powerbook in particular showed a 39% 
>> decrease
>> in CPU performance in 10.3.3 vs 10.2.8.  Have you guys experienced 
>> similar
>> issues or heard about them?

> Me, I've read reviews that trumpet 10.3's *superior* performance.

That's been my experience - especially on slower machines.

I suggest your buddy search Macintouch (http://www.macintouch.com/) and 
MacFixit (http://macfixit.com) - it might be a known problem with a 
solution.

Steve
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