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From: A.Lee on 21 Jun 2008 14:29 So I got a copy of 10.5, and duly installed it. What a mistake, talk about slow. Each time I went to turn off, I needed to hold the power button to shut it down, othewise it would just hang and do nothing. It was woefully slow opening apps, as well as responding to clicks. The fans kept coming on - this is on a laptop where the fans are rarely heard at all, even on hot summer days. So, back to 10.3.9 today, and very glad of it. My next mistake was to try 10.5 on the newer iMac we have here. So after the first install where I kept getting a blue screen after reboot, I installed again. To get the seized up blue screen again. So googling shows this is a known fault, but obviously unknown to me. The 'fix' of using terminal commands didnt work, so it needs another install to get it working, hopefully. Christ, if this is how the OS is going, I'll be sticking with 10.3.9 for a long time yet. Anyone want to buy a retail copy of 10.5? Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'.
From: Chris Ridd on 21 Jun 2008 14:33 On 2008-06-21 19:29:51 +0100, alan(a)darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) said: > So I got a copy of 10.5, and duly installed it. > What a mistake, talk about slow. Each time I went to turn off, I needed > to hold the power button to shut it down, othewise it would just hang > and do nothing. That's not normal. Presumably you waited for the initial indexing of your disk to complete? It takes a long time and will make a laptop's fans run. Cheers, Chris
From: A.Lee on 21 Jun 2008 14:47 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2008-06-21 19:29:51 +0100, alan(a)darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) said: > > > So I got a copy of 10.5, and duly installed it. > > What a mistake, talk about slow. Each time I went to turn off, I needed > > to hold the power button to shut it down, othewise it would just hang > > and do nothing. > > That's not normal. Presumably you waited for the initial indexing of > your disk to complete? It takes a long time and will make a laptop's > fans run. Yes, and from another thread today, I can see it is not just me that has had the shut down fault. I ran it for 3 days, and could stand it no longer - it was just too slow. I could not see any worthwhile benefits over 10.3, so have resorted back, and am very happy to have gone back too. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'.
From: Elliott Roper on 21 Jun 2008 14:53 In article <1iiwhka.cvhzi1djiwcgN%alan(a)darkroom.+.com>, A.Lee <alan(a)darkroom.+.com> wrote: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > On 2008-06-21 19:29:51 +0100, alan(a)darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) said: > > > > > So I got a copy of 10.5, and duly installed it. > > > What a mistake, talk about slow. Each time I went to turn off, I needed > > > to hold the power button to shut it down, othewise it would just hang > > > and do nothing. > > > > That's not normal. Presumably you waited for the initial indexing of > > your disk to complete? It takes a long time and will make a laptop's > > fans run. > > Yes, and from another thread today, I can see it is not just me that has > had the shut down fault. > I ran it for 3 days, and could stand it no longer - it was just too > slow. > I could not see any worthwhile benefits over 10.3, so have resorted > back, and am very happy to have gone back too. > Alan. I'm with Chris. There is something wrong with your spotty thing. Here, on four different Macs, Leopard is faster and mostly more stable than Tiger, and Tiger was better than 10.3 -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Gareth Slee on 21 Jun 2008 14:57
A.Lee <alan(a)darkroom.+.com> wrote: > So I got a copy of 10.5, and duly installed it. > What a mistake, talk about slow. Each time I went to turn off, I needed > to hold the power button to shut it down, othewise it would just hang > and do nothing. > It was woefully slow opening apps, as well as responding to clicks. > The fans kept coming on - thi I'm running 10.5.3 on a 1.5Ghz PB with 768Mb of RAM and it's performing very well. Occasionally it'll beach ball and it sometimes takes a little time to open certain apps like NeoOffice, Google Earth but I wouldn't say it was slow. Although I guess "slow" is a subjective term? -- Am I the only Gareth Slee? http://garethslee.com |