> On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 06:05:14PM -0500, Scott wrote: >> > ..on Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 05:27:36PM -0500, Scott wrote: >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Actually the Intel version are faster IF your application is not >> running >> >> in emulation mode. That being said, there are not a lot of >> applications >> >> that are nativly supporting the Intel chip. Which is the primary >> reason >> >> I >> >> want to compile GIMP. >> >> >> >> I will say this IMac is faster then my P4 3ghz Suse Linux box at work >> >> when >> >> I am using applications that are native. >> >> >> >> 4x faster is unrealistic, I would say maybe 1.5 - 2x's faster then >> the >> >> G5. >> >> >> > >> > i guess i'm getting off topic here, but out of interest which >> > (native) applications do you have on both SuSE and the IntelMac to >> compare >> > their respective performance? very few of us have played with the >> IntelMac >> > so >> > i'm sure there'd be a few interested to know which applications are >> > faster on which platform. >> > >> At present GIMP 2.3.5, as anything newer will not compile due to rpath. >> OpenOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird. Sadly the GIMP 2.2.10 package, >> which >> I think is PPC (gimp.org) performs better then my GIMP on my Suse box. >> And >> that is using Rosetta, or whatever the hell they call it. >> >> There are various other small OSS installed, but mostly in support of >> the >> above applications. On most things my compile times are shorter, however >> on the Mac I do make -j3 and my Linux box a -j2. > > Considering that you're not comparing it on the same hardware, this > isn't at all valid. > > Linux is quite a bit faster given the same hardware than OS X. That's > the original point: if you're running OS X, you're not really caring > about raw speed.
Well, I am sure this is more of a religious argument then anything else. Perhaps one day, if I am bored, I will dual boot this Mac with some form of Linux and do some bench marks. Until then, it is not worth discussing any further as I am sure the Mac people would tend to argue. Like I said it is about the GUI for me, as the Linux GUI is far from the sophistication and supportabilty then OS X. I do like Linux, and use it daily.. But, I am not sure I can agree that OS X is as slow as the Linux fans would believe it to be... Scott _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
