Toggling OS effects?

Morgan19 · Morgan19 #1 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 09:31 AM

Is there any way to disable or toggle some of Panther's effects such as showing window contents while dragging, drop shadows, fancy buttons/toolbars, etc.? My '99 G4 is doing a decent job running the OS but I'd really like to speed things up by getting rid of superfluous design elements like that which just make my system take a performance hit.

m19

dtx3000 · dtx3000 #2 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 11:41 AM

http://www.unsanity.com
shadowkiller removes window shadows.
might be a few other apps like that there
-dtx

witeshark · witeshark #3 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 01:02 PM

If it's within reason, a RAM upgrade is sure to help

Morgan19 · Morgan19 #4 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 02:50 PM

Thanks dtx, I'll look into that program.

I already have almost 900 megs of RAM, I thought that'd be sufficient. The only thing I can think of is that a stick or two of what's in my system (out of four sticks total) is non-Mac-specific PC-100 RAM (Mushkin or Micron, I believe) rather than Mac-specific RAM. Could that cause poor performance? It's always worked fine under 9.2.

m19

Absolute Zero · Absolute Zero #5 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by witeshark

If it's within reason, a RAM upgrade is sure to help

You shouldn't have to pay for performance boosts... it's just wrong.

Morgan19 · Morgan19 #6 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 04:08 PM

Of course it's not wrong. Would you expect your 486 from 1987 to run Panther or XP, for example? Of course you're going to need to upgrade as time goes by, it's silly to think otherwise.

Anyway, back to my sub-question. Would non-Mac specific RAM hinder the system?

m19

TylerMoney · TylerMoney #7 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 04:35 PM

no, as long as it's good ram...go to crucial.com....they'll make sure you get the right ram....some 3rd party ram likes to cause problems.

Morgan19 · Morgan19 #8 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 04:36 PM

Yep, they're all good brands. Well at least that solved that "what if."

I'll look into other programs to turn off some of the other effects in Panther in the meantime.

m19

Absolute Zero · Absolute Zero #9 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 04:57 PM

Money is wrong in general.

witeshark · witeshark #10 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Absolute Zero

Money is wrong in general.

Yeah, you're most likely right, but for the moment I don't see any alternative

Absolute Zero · Absolute Zero #11 (**permalink**)

04-29-2004, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by witeshark

Yeah, you're most likely right, but for the moment I don't see any alternative

FREE MONEY!

witeshark · witeshark #12 (**permalink**)

04-30-2004, 12:43 AM

Heh, I met people that said this is the answer too

Absolute Zero · Absolute Zero #13 (**permalink**)

04-30-2004, 07:45 AM

Here's to the crazy ones... :p

Morgan19 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 08, 2004 Posts: 127	04-29-2004, 09:31 AM Is there any way to disable or toggle some of Panther's effects such as showing window contents while dragging, drop shadows, fancy buttons/toolbars, etc.? My '99 G4 is doing a decent job running the OS but I'd really like to speed things up by getting rid of superfluous design elements like that which just make my system take a performance hit. m19 Last edited by Morgan19; 04-29-2004 at 10:26 AM.
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Morgan19 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 08, 2004 Posts: 127	04-29-2004, 02:50 PM Thanks dtx, I'll look into that program. I already have almost 900 megs of RAM, I thought that'd be sufficient. The only thing I can think of is that a stick or two of what's in my system (out of four sticks total) is non-Mac-specific PC-100 RAM (Mushkin or Micron, I believe) rather than Mac-specific RAM. Could that cause poor performance? It's always worked fine under 9.2. m19 Last edited by Morgan19; 04-29-2004 at 02:59 PM.
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Guest Posts: n/a	04-29-2004, 11:41 AM http://www.unsanity.com shadowkiller removes window shadows. might be a few other apps like that there -dtx
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Member Since: Apr 08, 2004 Posts: 127	04-29-2004, 04:08 PM Of course it's not wrong. Would you expect your 486 from 1987 to run Panther or XP, for example? Of course you're going to need to upgrade as time goes by, it's silly to think otherwise. Anyway, back to my sub-question. Would non-Mac specific RAM hinder the system? m19
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TylerMoney #7 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-29-2004, 04:35 PM no, as long as it's good ram...go to crucial.com....they'll make sure you get the right ram....some 3rd party ram likes to cause problems.
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Morgan19 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 08, 2004 Posts: 127	04-29-2004, 04:36 PM Yep, they're all good brands. Well at least that solved that "what if." I'll look into other programs to turn off some of the other effects in Panther in the meantime. m19
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witeshark #12 (permalink)
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