Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-09-01 Thread Chris Blouch
I do Javascript development and so I ran SunSpider tests before and after upgrading and the results were about 25% faster. This means those fancy web apps should be snappier on Safari under Snow Leopard, all other things being equal. SunSpider test site: http://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I just tried it here, it does seem a bit slower. You will notice that when pages load in snow leopard, it will seem a bit slower at first, because voice over now does much more analysis of the pages. You might be able to speed things up too by turning off the announcement of the page summa

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-30 Thread Chris G
Hi, It's interesting why it wasn't an issue for me until I upgraded to SL. I'll take your advice, right now I have the cable attached that connects to a VGA port but that isn't doing the trick. On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:23:38 -0500 Mike Arrigo wrote: > > If you don't have a monitor, that coul

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you don't have a monitor, that could cause problems. For some reason, and I'm not sure why, it wants a monitor connected, or some programs will be very slow. There is a work around though, apple sells an adapter, it allows you to connect the mac's DVI port to a TV, if you connect that a

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-30 Thread Chris G
Hi, I find it slow at surfing the web and I don't know why. I even reinstalled with a full erase. Safari is the only program that's slow for me. Not running a monitor on my Mac mini, but this is how I did it in leopard. Weird. On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:26:43 -0500 Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Hey,

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
From: "Mike Arrigo" > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: I've Entered MacLand > > > > Hey, that's cool Rich, hope you get one. I'm typing this message in > the new snow leopard, the improvements in voiceover are great, and

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-29 Thread Dan Eickmeier
> something up! > (smile) > - Original Message - > From: "Mike Arrigo" > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: I've Entered MacLand > > > > Hey, that's cool Rich, hope you get one. I'm typing this message

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-29 Thread Rich Ring
And to you Mike, your podcasts have helped me make this decision. My new Mac Mini is waiting for me to fire it up. Hope I don't screw something up! (smile) - Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" To: Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:26 PM Subject: Re: I've En

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey, that's cool Rich, hope you get one. I'm typing this message in the new snow leopard, the improvements in voiceover are great, and no sighted help needed to install. and it's incredible when cruising the web On Aug 29, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Rich Ring wrote: > > Good luck to you. I may be p

RE: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-29 Thread Donna Goodin
29, 2009 10:15 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: I've Entered MacLand > > > Good luck to you as well. > > Les > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ri

RE: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-29 Thread Les Kriegler
Good luck to you as well. Les -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rich Ring Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:14 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I've Entered MacLand Good luck to yo

Re: I've Entered MacLand

2009-08-29 Thread Rich Ring
Good luck to you. I may be purchasing one today. - Original Message - From: "Les Kriegler" To: Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:16 AM Subject: I've Entered MacLand I've purchased our first Apple System since 1985 when we bought an Apple 2E. How's that for dating myself? It's a Ma