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To: Done, gone. who wrote (51329)	2/24/2006 1:54:00 PM
From: OrionX	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Michal, A short answer is you can see how the system is using its resources like disk, memory, network and etc. See how memory is being used can tell you if an application is just so memory hungry that you should perhaps get more RAM. Most people who do performance comparisons don't do a great job because they really don't understand what the machine and OS are really doing. Saying one machine is 20% faster than another is really saying gibberish unless additional info is provided that tells you how much of the system's resources was really being used. I just read a PMac quad performance review using photoshop and the performance of the quad want up linearly, to a certain point, with more memory. No shit sherlock! One nice option is under the "Window" menu called "CPU usage" that'll tell you how busy the cpus are. Older versions of OSX cames with an application called CPU Monitor that does just that. Enjoy your new "toy"!