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MrsLarry
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Oct 31, 2006, 10:55 AM
 
Ok, so I've got this brand-spanking new MacPro.... I'm expecting to be blow away by astoundingly high speeds... and I'm not.


Did I do something wrong? Not take it outta the box right?

The lack time I'm experiencing is mostly with Quark, anybody else see that, or am I just the lucky SOB that got the dud?
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 11:00 AM
 
Well hopefully you aren't running alot of stuff needing rosetta.

And I know my iMac was pathetic at 512 MB of RAM.
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 11:00 AM
 
Quark 7.1.x and higher, yes?

Those are the versions optimized for Intel. Or at least as optimized as Quark knows how to do.
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 11:03 AM
 
Originally Posted by vmarks View Post
Quark 7.1.x and higher, yes?

Those are the versions optimized for Intel. Or at least as optimized as Quark knows how to do.
err, what???


yes, i'm running Q7
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 11:05 AM
 
What is your config? How Much Ram? Isn't there a forum for this?
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 11:08 AM
 
Originally Posted by MrsLarry View Post
err, what???


yes, i'm running Q7
Can't be just Quark 7. Needs to be 7.1 and higher. Make SURE you go get the updates.
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 04:58 PM
 
HMM, ok, it's other things too. 1 GB of RAM.

Has anyone else had this happen?
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 05:05 PM
 
Quark 7 is slow on anything. It's Quark's fault.
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 05:19 PM
 
My G5 2.5 Dual was lame in Photoshop with 1 GB RAM. Adding 2 more GB solved it.
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 05:22 PM
 
i hear they're horrible and gawd awful slow.

Better give it to me...
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Oct 31, 2006, 06:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by MrsLarry View Post
1 GB of RAM.
There's yer problem. OS X needs a Gb just to bother running itself these days. Pump it up to at least 4 Gb and you'll be a happy bunny.
     
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Nov 1, 2006, 12:42 AM
 
Yup. I was underwhelmed with my work Mac Pro until I upgraded to 4GB RAM and chucked my swap file on to a 10K RPM Raptor

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Nov 1, 2006, 08:05 AM
 
I agree 1 gig is too little for the mac. From what I've seen memory requirements are doubled with rosetta. So if Photoshop was snappy with 2 gig, it will need 4 to get back to that level of snappiness.

I have 2 gig in my machine right now and after using photoshop and/or aperture, iweb, indesign (not all at once but different combinations) I have 5 to 6 swap files generated in /var/vm and performances goes down the hopper.

If I wasn't so broke, I'd spring for another 2 (or more) gig of ram, but money is tight so I need to accept the performance penalty when running a couple of intensive apps at a time.
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Nov 1, 2006, 04:45 PM
 
768Mb is fine for my iMac G5, even while using FCP.
     
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Nov 1, 2006, 04:53 PM
 
192MB of RAM is fine for Photoshop on my PBG3.
     
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192MB of RAM is fine for Photoshop on my PBG3.
48MB of RAM is fine for Photoshop 6.0 on my PM6100/g3.

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Nov 1, 2006, 05:09 PM
 
Depends what Mac you are coming from, what apps you use and how much RAM.

I have a dual 2.0 G5 Tower and when I used the new MacPro's and native apps I didn't "feel" much of a change either.

I am sure if I did some heavy processing and had a stopwatch I would see more of a difference though.

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Nov 2, 2006, 09:54 AM
 
Originally Posted by Dark Helmet View Post
Depends what Mac you are coming from, what apps you use and how much RAM.

I have a dual 2.0 G5 Tower and when I used the new MacPro's and native apps I didn't "feel" much of a change either.

I am sure if I did some heavy processing and had a stopwatch I would see more of a difference though.
Yeah, native apps is quick, it's when i have Quark, PhotoShop and Illustrator all going at once is where i get into trouble.
     
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Nov 2, 2006, 11:29 AM
 
Yeah that's a RAM problem. Well, that & Rosetta.
     
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Nov 2, 2006, 12:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by MrsLarry View Post
Yeah, native apps is quick, it's when i have Quark, PhotoShop and Illustrator all going at once is where i get into trouble.
It is because of Rosetta, apps will take double the RAM with it so you are pretty much running them as if they are on 512.

Put 2 gigs in the machine and it should be WAY quicker.

With native apps it is still only around the speed of Quad G5s which isn't stellar.

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Nov 9, 2006, 11:29 AM
 
hooray!!!

Popped 2GB in here this morning and is FANTASTIC - zoom!
     
   
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