[geeks] Can't decide on an OS

[Cory Smelosky]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Nathan Raymond wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
>
>> I've gotten too angry at OS X being too slow and bloated to the point I
>> needed to pick another one.
>
>
> What's your hardware?  I run OS X on a 2012 quad-core Mini with a 256GB
> internal SSD, three external USB 3.0 hard drives, and 16GB of RAM and find
> it rather snappy.  It multitasks better than my beefier PC (faster quad
> core with a 128GB SSD, 2TB internal SATA with 64GB SSD dedicated cache,
> 16GB of RAM), which I think is due to kernel and driver architecture
> differences.  Both are running the latest OS.  I have run Linux on the PC
> in the past, and it was more responsive, but I understand your frustration
> regarding drivers.  Linux runs well on my netbook.  I tried to use Linux
> for an HTPC, but different issues with different distros frustrated me too
> much.  I looked at BSD, but lack of drivers was an issue.
>

2012 13" Pre-Retina MBP.  I might just be pickier than most.

>
>
>> Are there any sane OSes i'm forgetting?
>
>
> Not that I can think of.  If you haven't upgraded to an SSD in your Mac,
> it's the #1 upgrade I recommend, followed by at least 16GB of RAM.

I still need to toss in more RAM and an SSD.  8G wasn't quite enough. ;)

>
> - Nate
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