performance difference between OSx and Windows

[Brian]

dfj225 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> You may have already considered this, but since I didn't see it
> mentioned in your post, I'll reply anyway.
>
> I believe the Python binaries that Apple includes with OS X are always
> slightly behind the latest that you can get from the official sources.
> I'm not infront of my Mac right now, so I can't tell you the disparity.

You are right.  Apple is quite far behind.  I upgraded to 2.4.2 from
2.3.x.  The MS box has the same version.

>
> One thing I would suggest would be to normalize the versions of Python
> accross the two machines. I find that using Fink
> (http://fink.sourceforge.net/) on OS X is the easiest way to install a
> new version of Python (as well as much other open source software).

I have explored fink but have not put it to use.  Thanks for the tip.

Brian