Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:27:55 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Generic Kernel API Message-ID: <4372E86B.5020301@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200511092237.19062.kirk@strauser.com> References: <20051108232855.2d1b7df5.lists@yazzy.org> <437246C5.2030607@elischer.org> <1A496451-166E-46F1-8363-19F117156FEE@mac.com> <200511092237.19062.kirk@strauser.com>
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Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Wednesday 09 November 2005 15:23, Charles Swiger wrote: >> Of course, it's easier to say such things then to write the code, but >> Apple has achieved pretty good results from the IOKit. > > I'm really out of my depth here, but the one thing Apple seems to have > accomplished with IOKit is abysmal performance. When it no longer takes me > four times longer to backup an iMac than a much slower FreeBSD machine with > an older drive, I'll be more impressed with their technology. Apple has shipped some really pokey 4200 RPM laptop-oriented drives with their lower-end systems. If that is the case, replacing the OEM drive with a 7200RPM one with 8MB cache would probably help out a lot, and only run about $75-100 depending on the size you want to get. -- -Chuck
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