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    How are people finding Yosemite performance on older systems?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by tipoo, Sep 24, 2014.

  1. tipoo

    tipoo Notebook Evangelist

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    We have a C2D/320M/4GB macbook in the family, just wondering if there would be a performance regression from Mavericks to Yosemite. I realize it's not out yet, but the public beta builds are getting pretty close to the final build, so I think some assessment would be fair.

    I'm particularly thinking about the graphics, as it uses a lot of transparency effects everywhere, would that make the 320M drop frames everywhere? Anyone using a system with that or a slower GPU on Yosemite?
     
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    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    tried it on an older machine as well with a similar spec, the graphics performance was actually pretty bad. even noticed a slowdown in a few redraws on a 2012 MBA.

    many threads on it sofar. I can also say you may want 8GB+ for it it seems. now new hardware and gaming, it is a decent improvement from what I am reading.

    OS X Mavericks vs OS X Yosemite Performance - MacRumors Forums
     
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