Why is Tenons X so much faster than eXodus or MacX?
Tenon’s X architecture is very different than the other X servers that are traditional Macintosh applications. Tenon sends the output of the X commands directly to the Macintosh hardware screen buffers instead of using QuickDraw. This has profound performance implications. In addition, Tenon’s X uses the UNIX TCP sockets for communications instead of MacTCP; this further improves performance. Tenon’s X is said to be the fastest on the Mac market. X11perf benchmarks on a 25MHz 68040 Centris yield an XMark of 1.1 — better than a SPARCStation 1! On a 40MHz Quadra 840av, the X performance rivals a SPARCStation 2. XMark ratings are not yet available for the native X performance on a Power Mac, but Tenon’s architectural advantage carries over to that platform as well.
