![]() ![]() So if the MPEG-2 decoding PCMCIA card is not recognized (can someone test that?), forget, even DVD playback. Playing MPEG-1/MPEG-2 is not lagging a lot until you switch to full screen mode which I would not recommend. I tested QuickTime playback to see if it's still as laggy as it was on 10.1.x. I couldn't try it because I'm on holidays and I don't have any DVD-media here. Although the DVD decoding PCMCIA is not likely to be supported by Jaguar, there is still a possibility to play DVDs with the help of QuickTime's MPEG-2 plug-in or with third party software like VLC. I don't have the DVD kit for the PowerBook G3 so I couldn't see if Jaguar supports it but there is a hope for owners of DVD players. The Sims is the only not too old game that is playable on my PowerBook. Anyway, even on Mac OS 9, you'll notice that this generation of Macs aren't a descent gaming platform. OpenGL support on ATI Rage Pro based Macs seems to be activated, I tried the Carbon/OpenGL version of DirtBike and some OpenGL based screen savers like Cyclone which all run but very slowly. It was so, even on my G4, maybe a future version will run better on Mac OS X.Īs for multimedia stuff like Games and DivX playback just forget it. As for Golive, I don't know if it's Adobe's development team fault, but it's really too slow. Design applications like Adobe's Photoshop or Dreamweaver run a bit faster on Jaguar but not fast enough as not to get bored by their dodgy speed with everyday use. ![]() Applications like MS Office, Apple's iAppz and development tools run fast enough even under intensive use. Internet Explorer is still slow, I switched to Chimera for my PowerBook until something like iWeb comes along.įor office apps, internet and software development, the PowerBook running Jaguar is a descent platform. ![]() Once Jaguar has booted, I saw an overall performance boost, with an acceptable speed even on a 233Mhz G3 based Mac but to be honest I thought it would be faster. ![]() There's also a really cool boot screen with a gray Apple logo in the center. Anyway, I don't think I'm going to use the shut down function any longer because Mac OS X is very stable and I prefer the sleep mode. The first change to notice is that Jaguar boots quite faster than 10.1.5 on my PowerBook. After reading this article you'll know if the switch to Jaguar is now worth it for your Mac. I have more recents Mac but I prefered testing it first on my Wallstreet as it's the slowest configuration that can run Mac OS X, it's even slower the the iMac revision A because of its hard disk which is only 4200RPM. Testing Jaguar Final Release on a PowerBook Wallstreet.įor those still hesitating switching to Jaguar with their G3 or G4, here is a test I did of the Jaguar Final Release on my PowerBook G3 Wallstreet running at only 233Mhz with 384Mb of SDRAM and an IBM Travelstar 30Gb hard disk. ![]()
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