I’ve just finished upgrading to Snow Leopard. Apple claims it is faster. With most things turned 64-bits, one would expect to see some improvements. But how good is better? Well, I timed a selected bunch of events, just before upgrading (i.e. still running Leopard), and then after the upgrade to Snow Leopard was done. Here’s the quantitative comparisons.
Tag Archives: Mac OS X
Snow Leopard is Here!
Customers in Singapore are now receiving their Snow Leopard! Here’s the opened up Mac Box Set ordered by my colleague. The first thing that struck me? Oh, the box is so small. It is about the area of a standard CDROM. I somehow got the impression that it is a more sizable portion. The photos on their website make the box look big. This is my colleague’s order. Still waiting for mine to arrive at home.
Snow Leopard: Prepared for Shipment
Earlier this afternoon, I noticed that the order status in the Apple Online Store for my Snow Leopard had been updated to “Prepared for shipment”. Delivery will be by tomorrow, so the order tracking page says. I guess people in Singapore, along with those in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, etc, will be amongst the first in the world to get their copy of Snow Leopard. It is going to be goodbye to the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on this…
Hackintosh on the Lenovo IdeaPad S10
Do you fancy Mac OS X on a Lenovo IdeaPad S10? The S10 is a nice cool-looking netbook, and Mac OS X is a nice cool operating system. The problem, of course, is that you could not legally buy Mac OS X to install in the Lenovo IdeaPad S10. That, however, has not stopped plenty of people all over the world from trying to install Mac OS X on their non-Apple hardware. See the photo? This netbook hackintosh is made…
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and other Updates
The cat is out of the bag. The latest version of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system, code named Snow Leopard, will be launched in September. Current Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) users can upgrade to Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) for just US$29. That seems like a very reasonable upgrade price to pay.
The Mac Scans with the CX9300F
I took me a couple of days too long to get started setting up my new Epson Stylus CX9300F all-in-one printer. It took me over another month before I got around to scanning my first document with the printer. It was a silly problem. It turns out that there was probably something loose with my USB cable connection to the printer. I hadn’t suspected that previously, because I could print to the printer okay. But the Epson Scan program hung….
Downgrading Safari
I upgraded my Safari 4 Beta to the latest refresh following the recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 update. A minor thing that was broken with it was still not fixed. The bug basically involved some Javascript issues when using the TinyMCE editor in WordPress. The bug made the Insert Hyperlink dialog, among other things, unworkable. I decided I have had enough with the Safari 4 Beta. There were some really cool features that I really liked. But I preferred to…
Mac OS X Update
Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard has just been updated to 10.5.7 today. It is “recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.” Some of the highlights include performance improvements on new Macs with Nvidia graphics chipsets, Finder search results for network volumes that do not support Spotlight searching, consistency with Parental Controls and application restrictions, and issues with logging into Gmail.
Epson Stylus CX9300F
I’ve finally gotten around to setting up my new Epson Stylus CX9300F. This is the same as the Epson Stylus CX9400F sold in other markets (e.g. USA). This printer prints, scans, copies and faxes.It comes standard with an automatic document feeder, but there is no duplexer (nor is it an available option). It can also print directly from a variety of memory cards.
Fastest Web Browser For Now
Apple recently announced the availability of Safari 4 Beta for public download, which they claimed to be the world’s fastest browser. This is so, according to CNet’s benchmark of JavaScript rendering performance, using the SunSpider suite of JavaScript tests. Oddly enough, ComputerWorld’s testing using the same benchmark suite found Google’s Chrome to be just marginally faster. But certainly, the new Safari 4 Beta is running circles around IE8 and Firefox.