[geeks] OSX 10.4.2, FireFox 1.0.5 out

[Nate]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 @ 09:36 -0400, Kurt Huhn said:
>> I see nothing there indicating that the developer macs are
>> outperforming G5s.  I see a vague reference to "as little as 10
>> seconds" to boot to the desktop.  Now there's a reliable benchmark!!
>> Not.
>
> Hey, Windows users put quite a lot of value into quick reboots... :)

"One neat thing about Suns is that they really boot fast. You ought to see 
one boot, if you haven't already. It's inspiring to those of us whose 
LispMs take all morning to boot."

An excerpt from John Rose's (very sardonic) email included in the 
UNIX-Hater's Handbook introduction.

- Nate