Mac OS X Benchmarks

Set up: all tests conducted on G3 Firewire Powerbook (500 Mhz/20 G/640 RAM)
OS X on 9.5 G partition; 5.5 G free
OS 9 on 9.5 G partition; 6.0 G free: pretty standard control panel/extensions set
Classic on 1 G partition; 650 Mb free:, very simple control panel/extensions set.

All results in number of seconds. Precision stop watch used.

Type of Test
OS X
Classic
OS 9
Winner
Boot Time
98
51
122
Classic
Open Applications (when app is ready to use)

OS 9

- Eudora 5.1
6.11
6.29
7.12
OS X

- Internet Explorer
5.17
10.4
4.2
OS 9

- Appleworks 6.2 (5.0.4 in Classic)
4.16
4.19
5.95
Classic

- Acrobat Pro 5.0
11.9
na
11.64
OS 9

- Graphic Converter 4.2
8.02
9.54
6.43
OS 9

- iTunes
2.75
4.22
3.21
OS X
Scroll Document

OS 9

- 244 K Appleworks File
34.74
25.19
14.07
OS 9

- 228 K html file in IE
57.88
31.12
15.47
OS 9
Navigate to Folder in Finder (5 deep)

OS X

- Column View
8.3
na
na
"OS X"

- List View
12.91
na
13.67
OS X

- OS 9, Spring-loaded folder
na
na
13.65
"OS 9"
Copy 302 MB folder, one partition to other

Tie

- NAV auto-protect on (X does not have auto-protect)
186.3
na
278.5
OS X

- NAV turned off
186.3
na
101.19
OS 9
Rip 4 min. song in iTunes
71
na
73
OS X