Generic Kernel API

[Chuck Swiger]

Kirk Strauser wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 November 2005 15:23, Charles Swiger wrote:
>> Of course, it's easier to say such things then to write the code, but
>> Apple has achieved pretty good results from the IOKit. 
> 
> I'm really out of my depth here, but the one thing Apple seems to have 
> accomplished with IOKit is abysmal performance.  When it no longer takes me 
> four times longer to backup an iMac than a much slower FreeBSD machine with 
> an older drive, I'll be more impressed with their technology.

Apple has shipped some really pokey 4200 RPM laptop-oriented drives with their 
lower-end systems.  If that is the case, replacing the OEM drive with a 7200RPM 
one with 8MB cache would probably help out a lot, and only run about $75-100 
depending on the size you want to get.

-- 
-Chuck