some things are still slow (Score 1)

I use OS X 10.2.1 on a 450 Mhz G4 and I also have a 600 Mhz Pentium III running Windows 2000. OS X is getting faster but the finder is still slow even on a decent G4 for certain operations. My biggest peeve is file list updating. It seems like every time I go to the Finder and try to double-click on a file, I end up double-clicking the wrong one because the damn finder suddenly realizes there is a new file in the directory and rearranges the list when I'm in mid-click. This is being SLOW. There is no reason why the Finder shouldn't be able to do this sort of thing in the background instead of waiting till you're working in the window. There are also other things. Try using the Get Info command and be prepared to twiddle your thumbs. It's not the hardware because OS 9 was fine with these things. Basically, OS X is still a work in progress and I expect these things will be fixed, perhaps in OS X 10.3. And I still hate Windows. :)