Launch Times: EeePC vs. MacBook
2008.02.09
Here are a few launch times, in seconds. The specs are as follows:
EeePC: 701/4GB SSD/1GB RAM/Celeron M 900@630MHz
MacBook: macbook1,1/250GB WD 5400RPM/2GB RAM/2GHz CoreDuo
Things here are mostly stock. The version of OpenOffice on the EeePC is 2.0.4, so it would probably be a bit faster with 2.3.1. The Mac was running NeoOffice. It might be a bit slower than OOo on the Mac, but it's still the best OOo option. The EeePC is undoubtedly slower when you run many apps simultaneously. This is when the extra RAM and second CPU core really shine.
Times |
|
EeePC |
MacBook |
Version |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boot |
|
20 |
50 |
|
Mac: 10.5.1 |
|
|
Boot&wifi |
25 |
54 |
|
Eee: XandrOS stock |
|
Firefox |
|
7 |
10 |
|
2.0.11 |
|
|
|
Thunderbird |
15 |
15 |
|
2.0.0.9 |
|
|
|
Gnumeric |
3 |
NA |
|
|
|
|
|
OpenOffice |
12 |
20 |
|
2.2.2 Patch 8 |
|
|
Ooo No Java |
8 |
NA |
|
NA |
|
|
|
Ooo Open 40 page doc |
5 |
8 |
|
(Manipulation slower on Mac) |
Jedit |
|
10 |
8 |
|
4.3pre12 |
|
|
Abiword |
|
2 |
3 |
|
Bean |
|
|
|
Notes |
|
5 |
1 |
|
Stickies |
|
|
|
Rox |
|
<1 |
<1 |
|
Finder |
|
|
|
Scite |
|
<2 |
2 |
|
Smultron |
|
|
Konqueror |
2(+5) |
NA |
|
NA |
|
|
|
Transcribe |
2 |
2 |
|
version 7.50 |
|
|
Audacity |
|
2 |
2 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
Gimp |
|
6 |
10 |
|
Mac: 2.4.3 |
|
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