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E39M5S62 | 2 months ago

I booted a G4 Mac the other day, running 10.4.something. I was thrown back in time to a period where OS X was clearly their flagship software stack. Everything was coherent and cohesive - and shockingly - fast. I'd daily 10.4 again if it could operate on the modern internet comfortably!

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vdupras|2 months ago

Nevertheless, I also remember that in the 10.4 days, OS X had the reputation of being sluggish compared to Linux or even Windows (I guess it was Windows 7 at the time?). And it kinda was. Bouncing ball when launching an app.

How high the bar was back then.

E39M5S62|2 months ago

I was running it on a Dual 1.25ghz G4 with 2GB of RAM- a fairly high-spec machine for the 10.4 era.