slow computer, fast OS (Score 1)

having yet to emerge from the dark age, i am running os x on a 266mhz imac (won't upgrade til they re-instate multicolor computing...) and i gotta say that i am damn impressed with the speed under 10.2 i tried out both previous iterations, but both were incredibly slow. now jaguar is a bit slower than os9, but the advantages are so great that i can live with the sacrifice.

on the other hand, playing with a new imac (800mhz) at 'the wiz' i found it to be (obviously) much more responsive than i get at home... but by not having a thousand apps open and accepting the occasionally lagging performance i end up with a more than satisfactory computing experience.

not to proselytize here, but i think it is pretty incredible that my five year old machine can still get me though the day with the latest apps like photoshop, dreamweaver, etc. the only progs i cannot run are modern 3d games.