Edit: Timing
Running the client: 12ms Server Startup: <400ms (due to the way OS X services work hard to time directly) Server Shutdown: 925ms
Those are on a 3 year old Mac Mini - hardly a stud machine.
Why are you using the command line client anyway? You know pg_admin exists and is free and runs everywhere, right?
Edit: Timing
Running the client: 12ms Server Startup: <400ms (due to the way OS X services work hard to time directly) Server Shutdown: 925ms
Those are on a 3 year old Mac Mini - hardly a stud machine.
Why are you using the command line client anyway? You know pg_admin exists and is free and runs everywhere, right?