Hello,

> performance doesn't seem to be terrible for me, but then i'm not hammering it
> real hard, it's the the connection that X uses to remote display to my laptop.
If you had the problem described by others you'd definitely notice - if X is usable you don't have it.

> however, i do get one of these every couple of minutes:
> 
> Nov  4 06:32:13 zaphod /netbsd: mc0: collision error
> Nov  4 06:32:13 zaphod /netbsd: mc0: lost carrier
> 
> and if i don't have the laptop running and plugged into the mac (cross-over
> cable) the mac won't boot past getting mc0 online.
Sounds like a funky connection - either a bad cable or bad connector(s). Had similar errors on tlp0 but they went away when I changed the cable.

have fun
Michael