Re: Why does XP seem to outperform OS X on Macbook Pro?

In article <240120091108403971%star@xxxxxxx>, Davoud <star@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

....
I think you misunderstood something, or perhaps I inadvertently misled
you. I'm not an experimentalist or computer hobbyist. I had no point to
make, and I only reported what I have observed in the course of my use
of the Mac OS and Windows. I don't need for anyone to believe what I
have observed.

And no matter which browser I use on either OS, Windows gives me a
faster Internet experience.

Ok, thats fine. I really just wondered what you had found.

I'm not Windows or Mac OS X bashing, I am just astonished that Mac OS X
with its Unix foundation and a 30+ year history in TCP/IP should be
slower than Windows which had to learn basics of networking first.

If this little bit of trivia astonishes you--and to me this is a very
trivial matter--you must have led a sheltered life :--)

I have used the internet since 1985, on many machines, running all sorts
of operating systems, including Unix, Mac OS, MS-DOS and Windows (in
this sequence). I dare say I have suffered through all the networking
experience as a user. That is why I enjoy reliable TCP/IP so much, with
all its power.
And no, my life was and is not sheltered in any of the usual meanings.


25 years ago it was easy to hook up a Mac to an Ethernet network, even
over modems if necessary, for full access to Unix machines when it was
not exactly easy to do that with MS-DOS and such.

25 years ago would have been 1984, the year that Macs were introduced.
The first Macs didn't have Ethernet. I don't know (or care) which
desktop computer that was available to consumers was the first to offer
Ethernet, but I'm not certain that it was the Mac.

Every Macintosh had a network built in from the very beginning in 1984,
through a fast (RS-422, HDLC packet oriented protocol at 230 kbit/s)
serial interface. It was called LocalTalk and allowed to form a network,
a revolution at the time. There were hardware Localtalk to Ethernet
bridges or you dialled into a dial-in internet access via modem.
Soon it was possible to run LocalTalk over unshielded twisted pair phone
line, called PhoneNet. Also in 1985 LaserWriter was introduced,
connected through LocalTalk, a PostScript laser printer.

We used Macs with great success to administer Unix machines from desktop
or from home via (modem/LocalTalk)-Ethernet.

1988 MacTCP implemented the first TCP stack for a non-Unix platform.
Around 1994 Mac's gained a built-in Ethernet interface.

Only in 1992 MS released its first TCP/IP stack, an optional download
for its then released Windows for Workgroups (at the same time as
Windows 3.1).

In 1998 Macintosh dropped the serial port(RS-232/422).

2001 brought a Unix core with its long history of TCP/IP networking as a
new basis for Mac OS X.

For a long time you had to restart Windows just to change its
IP-address, possibly up to Windows XP.

I know you do not care that much, but maybe some others are interested
in history. It is easy to forget in these fast-paced times.
Credit where credit is due.

Thanks for your Macintosh in astronomy software overview by the way.

Marc

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