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<blockquote data-quote="MoltenLava" data-source="post: 45509">As a recent switcher myself, I can sympathize with many your frustrations.&nbsp; Yeah, the web performance is agonizingly poor on Mac.&nbsp; It would feel even slower if the videocard doesn't have adequate 3D engine.&nbsp; The reason for that is Quartz engine in Panther will make heavy use of texture engine of the videocard.&nbsp; Everything you see on the screen is 3D rendered.I have found though, that my Dual 1GHz G4 and NVidia GeForce 4 MX on provides decent speed and enough 3D acceleration.&nbsp; GeForce 4 is not a fast videocard in today's standard, but it's good enough for me.&nbsp; The web browsing on that machine feels about the same as my PC desktop, 2.4GHz HT P4.&nbsp; OTOH, my 800MHz iBook with mobile Radeon 9200 feels pretty sluggish.&nbsp; I don't think the difference in CPU clock will make difference this dramatic.&nbsp; It's combination of CPU and videocard hardware.&nbsp; It may not apply in your case as you have a G5, and probably have a pretty decent videocard.Another thing you might want to check is Activity Monitor.&nbsp; See if there is unsuspecting application using up resource, whether it's CPU or memory.&nbsp; I don't know if Darwin has scheduling problem, but I found that the computer slows down a lot if you have several applications running, even if they are just sitting idle.&nbsp; If you have fast user switch enabled, you may have some application running in someone else's login.I don't think Mac or any other computer can be truely trouble free.&nbsp; But to me Mac and OS X can be a lot more user friendly and easier to use than MS Windows on PC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoltenLava, post: 45509"] As a recent switcher myself, I can sympathize with many your frustrations. Yeah, the web performance is agonizingly poor on Mac. It would feel even slower if the videocard doesn't have adequate 3D engine. The reason for that is Quartz engine in Panther will make heavy use of texture engine of the videocard. Everything you see on the screen is 3D rendered. I have found though, that my Dual 1GHz G4 and NVidia GeForce 4 MX on provides decent speed and enough 3D acceleration. GeForce 4 is not a fast videocard in today's standard, but it's good enough for me. The web browsing on that machine feels about the same as my PC desktop, 2.4GHz HT P4. OTOH, my 800MHz iBook with mobile Radeon 9200 feels pretty sluggish. I don't think the difference in CPU clock will make difference this dramatic. It's combination of CPU and videocard hardware. It may not apply in your case as you have a G5, and probably have a pretty decent videocard. Another thing you might want to check is Activity Monitor. See if there is unsuspecting application using up resource, whether it's CPU or memory. I don't know if Darwin has scheduling problem, but I found that the computer slows down a lot if you have several applications running, even if they are just sitting idle. If you have fast user switch enabled, you may have some application running in someone else's login. I don't think Mac or any other computer can be truely trouble free. But to me Mac and OS X can be a lot more user friendly and easier to use than MS Windows on PC. [/QUOTE]

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