Madewira

Okeh... saya cukup frustrasi dengan keadaan iBook G4 saya yang belakangan ini saya biarkan teronggok begitu saja mengingat Booki (panggilan sayangnya) udah ndak bisa diajak bekerjasama lagi. Apalagi sekarang 'adik-adik'-nya macam MacBook udah pada garang semua.

Dulu, jaman masih terinstall Panther, si Booki ganas sekali. Meski dengan RAM 256 MB, garap Photoshop CS pun terasa enteng. Bahkan Final Cut Pro 4 pun dihajar. Nah sekarang, semenjak upgrade ke Tiger dan update ke 10.4.8, si Booki mirip macan ompong. Huh! Boro-boro jalanin Photoshop, buka "Finder -> Applications" aja luamanya minta ampun. Entah kenapa... sudah saya amati baik daemon, services, ataupun startup-items-nya masih wajar aja penggunaan resource-nya. Tapi rasanya kok ndak 'gigit' sama sekali.

Makanya sempat terbersit keinginan untuk downgrade ke Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) yang memang bawaannya. Toh juga aplikasi yang sering dipake cuman Photoshop, InDesign, Safari, dan BBedit. Sebelum saya kemas-kemas semua data penting, saya sempatkan googling sebentar lihat benchmark dan comparison antara Panther vs. Tiger.

I always recommend these applications to all Mac OS X users, both veteran and switcher. However, not all software listed below is freeware. I will update the list regularly, so keep watching and let skip the blahblah... here is the complete list:

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