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Apple Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar




CNET Rating: 8 out of 10


Photoshop 6.01 tests
Time, in seconds, to perform filter functions (shorter bars equal better performance)
Gaussian blur   
Unsharp mask   
Lighting effects   
CMYK color
Apple eMac (OS X 10.1.5)
15.7 
11.5 
15.7 
19.1 
Apple eMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
14.0 
9.8 
14.7 
19.2 
Apple iMac (OS X 10.1.5)
13.1 
9.9 
14.5 
18.5 
Apple iMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
12.3 
10.0 
15.0 
18.5 
 
Quake III Arena test
Frames per second (longer bars indicate better performance)

Apple iMac (OS X 10.1.5)
44.3 
Apple iMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
40.6 
Apple eMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
33.9 
Apple eMac (OS X 10.1.5)
32.2 
 
iMovie 2.0 test
Time, in seconds, to export a test movie as a QuickTime file (shorter bars equal better performance)

Apple iMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
3.3 
Apple iMac (OS X 10.1.5)
3.6 
Apple eMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
3.7 
Apple eMac (OS X 10.1.5)
3.9 
 
iTunes test
Time, in minutes, to convert a track to an MP3 file (shorter bars equal better performance)

Apple iMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
1.3 
Apple iMac (OS X 10.1.5)
1.4 
Apple eMac (OS X 10.1.5)
1.5 
Apple eMac (OS X 10.2 Jaguar)
1.7 

Apple eMac
700MHz G4; 128MB SDRAM; Nvidia GeForce2 MX 32MB DDR; OS X 10.1.5

Apple eMac
700MHz G4; 128MB SDRAM; Nvidia GeForce2 MX 32MB DDR; OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Apple iMac
800MHz G4; 256MB SDRAM; Nvidia GeForce2 MX 32MB DDR; OS X 10.1.5

Apple iMac
800MHz G4; 256MB SDRAM; Nvidia GeForce2 MX 32MB DDR; OS X 10.2 Jaguar

CNET Labs used three different applications (Photoshop 6.01, iMovie 2, and iTunes) to test OS X's performance. We performed a number of common, processor-intensive tasks in Photoshop; in iMovie, we converted a movie file into QuickTime; and in iTunes, we converted a music file into MP3, timing each procedure. To test 3D gaming performance, we ran the timed demo Demo001 in Quake III at a resolution of 1,024x768 and with 16-bit color.