Which is faster? Mac OS X Lion or Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
(CBS) - If you've been debating on whether or not to upgrade to the Mac OS X Lion, this video might help you figure it out.
Mac OS X Lion, reviews from around the web
Tech blog Lifehacker put the new operating system to the test. Here's what it discovered:
- When it came to boot time, Snow Leopard was faster by 7 seconds.
- When compressing a 900MB file, Lion was 8 seconds quicker.
- When decompressing a 900MB file, the Lion took a mere 1 second longer.
- When duplicating a 900MB file, the two operating systems tied.
- When encoding a movie in Quicktime X, Snow Leopard was 3 seconds faster.
- When it came to launching nine applications, Snow Leopard was marginally faster - over 20 seconds.
- When opening 10 tabs in Safari, Lion wins by 2 seconds.
