On 2.9.2006, at 19.52, dennis gunn wrote: > don't need and create a system that does not interfere with the > applications that are doing the specialized task that interests me. > OS9 was better at that. OSX sucks at it. I don't quite follow you with this one. What are the interfering applications that you talk about ? As OS X is Unix based there is propably much more you could tune in it provided you REALLY know what you're doing (I don't, so I prefer to let things run in "default"). > > That is exactly what I said that I do not believe is a superior way > of doing things. OSX is heavier and more complex and I have no idea > and no way of knowing what it thinks is more urgent. > > I repeat: the experience is that Logic performs better, has better > track counts lower latency quicker screen redraws etc. on a given > machine running OS9 than one running OSX But as OS 9 is both obsolete and does not work on current machines so the comparison is hard to make. > > The differences were not subtle. > > The sad fact is we can't compare what modern Logic and modern > machines would do because they don't run OS9 anymore. We don't even know if doing things the way ther are now would be even possible with OS 9 ? I seem to recall one of the reasons leaving OS 9 behind being that it was too "patched" and would have needed a complete re-write. > What kind of a analog is that supposed to be? You set OS9 up once > and it did what it did until you changed them. There was no "having > to set the parameters every time you started it". Although the days of using it actually are far behind I seem to recall having to make spesific sets for the different starting applications (can't recall what they were named but you know like MIDI drivers and printers). I also remember having several times upped the needed memory maunually because program wouldn't run otherwise ! During the about 6 years that I used OS 7.5 - OS 9 I also hard carshed at least 3 times. None of this is needed with OS X and in about 5 years that I now have been using it I have had no hard crashes. Cheers Check out the web page for my band updated 28.6.2005 http://jormapen.fidisk.fi New studio pics, blog and podcasting at http://web.mac.com/jorma.pennanen/iWeb/Glasshouse/Glasshouse_Studio.html