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The graphs below represent a Mac OS performance
comparison from version 7.6.1 through 8.6. The test machine
was a 9500/200 The test drive was given a low level format
before each OS install with one exception. As we don't have
the full OS 8.6 CD, we simply applied the updater to 8.5.1.
Starting with OS 8.1 the drive was updated to the HFS+
standard. All tests were performed with all of the OS
extensions on. For the "real world" tests below
we set the scores relative to OS 8.6 which received a score
of 100% Lower numbers and shorter bars are better.
System RAM usage in MB with standard "OS all" set
of extensions
Reboot Time
A folder totaling 80MB in size and containing over 1,100
files was duplicated
A folder totaling 80MB in size and containing over 1,100
files was emptied from the trash
Time to launch Photoshop 5.0.2 compared
Time to scroll a 574 page AppleWorks document
Time to replace a commonly occurring word in a 574 page AppleWorks
document
Below you will find MacBench 5.0 scores. In this case
higher numbers and longer bars are better. Scores are
relative to OS 7.6.1 which was set to 100%
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