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MacBook Air and slow animations?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Has anyone else noticed that various OS X animations (Dock magnification, Genie minimization, Expose/Spaces/Dashboard activation, etc.) are all relatively choppy on the MacBook Air?
The Dock-related stuff gets a lot better when one turns off the 3D/glass Dock, but it's still crappy. I would estimate it to look like about 15 FPS or so. My previous MacBook Pro (CD version), and my girlfriend's MacBook (C2D, GMA950 version) both animate things very smoothly (~40 FPS).
What's the deal here? I was hoping that 10.5.3 would include some updated video drivers or something for the X3100 in the MBA, but unfortunately nothing has been improved.
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Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Jose, CA
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Something else may be running, hogging the CPU. Have you checked Activity Monitor? Is it like this as soon as you boot?
Steve
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Guess I finally got that fifth star!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Nope, idle system. It doesn't matter whether it's right after boot, or after two weeks of use without reboots.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oouston, TX
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Smooth as... well, something smooth... on the built in screen and 23" ACD with my MBA.
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Mac update estimates: MacBook Pro 4Q09 (quad core Nehalem [Clarksfield]); MacBook 4Q09 (Arrandale if they want to keep common arch with MBP, or just faster Penryn); MacBook Air 1Q10 (Arrandale LV); Mac Pro/Xserve 1Q10 (6 core Westmere [Gulftown], 64+GB RAM); iMac 1Q10 (quad core Nehalem [Clarksfield]); Mac mini 2010
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2002
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It depends on what you are comparing it to.
The air is definitely "relatively choppy" compared to my octo-core beast with high-end graphics card. But it's smooth as silk compared to my 1GHz G4.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2008
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I've heard some of my friends mention this problem. I was hoping it was just them being slow.
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