Love seeing the older machines! I’ve got a pile of old machines too and they rock. They are slow but you know what to expect and you tolerate it because the machine has earned it. Much like a grand parent 🫣
Strangely, on Pearl, the brand new Linux with brand new software actually runs faster and cooler than OSX.
There was also a period of about two years where Amethyst was more powerful than Garnet, although I would blame this on Garnet trying to run Windows 10 with only 4GB of RAM while Amethyst had 8GB and ran Linux Mint.
I tolerate slowness, but I also usually manage to reduce it to the point where it's not a problem anymore.