Optimize! Os X!, DP4, Firewire 410, Reason 2.5, OSX 10.2+ Options

[asfdzxc]

Problem is the massive lag on my ibook (900mhz, 256mb ram, 4200 rpm hd). I could upgrade the hard drive and ram, but that would cost money.

what i was to figure out is how to strip os x down to the bare minimum and optimize the settings in applications, so i can get the best performance possible out of my current setup.

i'll start figuring that out. in this thread i'll post my progress.

if anyone has any tips, i'd appreciate them.

thanks!@

btw: my setup is the said ibook g3 with DP4, a firewire 410, reason 2.5, peak 3 (4 is beautiful), OS X 10.2.8.

[tmtmtm]

I'd go and check out some of the freeware apps that strip unneeded files and processing from OS X. If you're an english speaker, running an App called DeLocalizer strips out all of the non english language files out and saves you about 500MB of space. It seems to speed up my machines a bit.
Just Google and you'll find it.

Also try Shadow Killer, that app will get rid of the fancy but CPU intensive drop shadow that OS X uses.

Fruit Menu is good as well. It's not freeware but it adds funtionality to the Finder and allows you to get rid of some of OS X's ggofy animation.

You need a lot of RAM for OS X, as much as you can get, that's pretty much the first thing to do. There are a lot of folks looking to do exactly what you are and that's speed OS X up. There's tons of resources on the net.

Good Luck and have Fun!