WOW its slow

lulla01 · Feb 24, 2011, 09:07 PM

I have been playing around with the release, it is very slow. Doing things like browsing and even playing WOW.

its running on a 2.93 i7 8 gigs of ram imac.

Intell · Feb 24, 2011, 09:10 PM

Its a beta. Did you expect a really snappy experience?

Mr. Retrofire · Feb 24, 2011, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lulla01

I have been playing around with the release, it is very slow. Doing things like browsing and even playing WOW.

its running on a 2.93 i7 8 gigs of ram imac.

This is probably the debug code. Pretty normal.

Jason S. · Feb 24, 2011, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lulla01

I have been playing around with the release, it is very slow. Doing things like browsing and even playing WOW.

its running on a 2.93 i7 8 gigs of ram imac.

This is a release for developers to begin building and testing their applications. It is not meant for casual use, such as playing WoW.

Blakeasd · Feb 24, 2011, 09:55 PM

The reason your experience is slow is because Spotlight is indexing. I thought it was slow at first to, but it's not once the indexing is complete.

tecknical · Feb 25, 2011, 03:03 AM

It's actually quite faster than SL for me.

kirky29 · Feb 25, 2011, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Blakeasd

The reason your experience is slow is because Spotlight is indexing. I thought it was slow at first to, but it's not once the indexing is complete.

I found that too.
And MobileMe Syncing.

billy3785 · Feb 25, 2011, 10:20 AM

For me its running way faster than sl

lemonade-maker · Feb 25, 2011, 07:52 PM

It's much faster on this macpro dual nehalem.

-Ryan- · Feb 25, 2011, 07:57 PM

I've been using it for the past few hours, and it's been admirably fast for a pre-release software. At least as fast as 10.6.6.

celticpride678 · Feb 25, 2011, 08:00 PM

I've been switching between Lion and Snow Leopard today, and Lion is considerably faster than Snow Leopard.

It's likely slow at first because of the tasks it's running.

antmarobel · Feb 25, 2011, 08:03 PM

Wow it is fast!! I did a clean install here and it is really faster than SL!

denrock · 10:30 PM

i find it at least as fast as snow leopard 10.6.6 on both my 2010 mac mini 2.66 C2D and my 2010 macbook pro 2.53 i5 (and maybe even a slight bit faster!). I'm actually surprised that it's running this fast and smoothly right out of the gate for a beta/preview version.

PurrBall · Feb 26, 2011, 12:33 AM

It's wicked fast here, except that the graphics drivers are horrendous.

Enori · Feb 26, 2011, 01:12 AM

Scrolling is not as smooth as on SL and it bothers me a little. Maybe later I will try clean install.

Steve Ballmer · Feb 26, 2011, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Enori

Scrolling is not as smooth as on SL and it bothers me a little. Maybe later I will try clean install.

Why are people expecting an early developer preview to have wonderfully smooth scrolling? There are far more important issues with the OS than scrolling right now. That's a minor issue that will be addressed much later on.

Enori · Feb 26, 2011, 01:46 AM

And who told you I expect it will be smooth? I just share experience like the others, and wonder if maybe it would be smoother if I did clean install.

A Macbook Pro · Feb 26, 2011, 01:47 AM

You can't really complain. It's the first developer build, pretty much just so they can know if their app works 100% and start working on it if not.

Steve Ballmer · Feb 26, 2011, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Enori

And who told you I expect it will be smooth? I just share experience like the others, and wonder if maybe it would be smoother if I did clean install.

It won't be.

And it's not that I meant to imply you were expecting it to be smooth, but rather just one shouldn't be surprised at such a finding. This is a developer preview and the focus is on overall stability and the testing of new features. Minor things like making sure animations and scrolling are smooth come much later, perhaps even in a post-WWDC preview.

Some of the people here are acting as if Lion is already being released and thus are dumbfounded that some things aren't working perfectly. (Not implying this about you at all.)

Enori · Feb 26, 2011, 02:09 AM

I understand. Thing that suprise me the most are comments about how fast it is.

Feb 24, 2011, 09:07 PM	#1
lulla01 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: U.S	WOW its slow I have been playing around with the release, it is very slow. Doing things like browsing and even playing WOW. its running on a 2.93 i7 8 gigs of ram imac.
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Intell macrumors G4 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Inside	Its a beta. Did you expect a really snappy experience? __________________ Last edited by Intell; Yesterday at 11:50 AM.
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Feb 25, 2011, 03:03 AM	#6
tecknical macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2008	It's actually quite faster than SL for me. __________________ 17" MBP C2D 2.5 GHz 500GB HDD 4GB RAM
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denrock macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2010	i find it at least as fast as snow leopard 10.6.6 on both my 2010 mac mini 2.66 C2D and my 2010 macbook pro 2.53 i5 (and maybe even a slight bit faster!). I'm actually surprised that it's running this fast and smoothly right out of the gate for a beta/preview version. Last edited by denrock; Feb 25, 2011 at 10:30 PM.
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Feb 26, 2011, 12:33 AM	#14
PurrBall macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Maine	It's wicked fast here, except that the graphics drivers are horrendous. __________________ iMac 24" 2.93 GHz C2D \| MacBook Pro 15" 2.2 GHz i7 \| iPhone 4S 16 GB White
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Feb 24, 2011, 09:55 PM	#5
Blakeasd macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2009	The reason your experience is slow is because Spotlight is indexing. I thought it was slow at first to, but it's not once the indexing is complete.
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Feb 25, 2011, 10:20 AM	#8
billy3785 macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NYC	For me its running way faster than sl
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Feb 25, 2011, 07:52 PM	#9
lemonade-maker macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2009	It's much faster on this macpro dual nehalem.
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Feb 25, 2011, 07:57 PM	#10
-Ryan- macrumors 65832 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK	I've been using it for the past few hours, and it's been admirably fast for a pre-release software. At least as fast as 10.6.6.
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Feb 25, 2011, 08:00 PM	#11
celticpride678 Guest Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Boston, MA	I've been switching between Lion and Snow Leopard today, and Lion is considerably faster than Snow Leopard. It's likely slow at first because of the tasks it's running.
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Feb 25, 2011, 08:03 PM	#12
antmarobel macrumors regular Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brasília	Wow it is fast!! I did a clean install here and it is really faster than SL!
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Feb 26, 2011, 01:12 AM	#15
Enori macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Poland	Scrolling is not as smooth as on SL and it bothers me a little. Maybe later I will try clean install.
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Feb 26, 2011, 01:46 AM	#17
Enori macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Poland	And who told you I expect it will be smooth? I just share experience like the others, and wonder if maybe it would be smoother if I did clean install.
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Feb 26, 2011, 01:47 AM	#18
A Macbook Pro macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2009	You can't really complain. It's the first developer build, pretty much just so they can know if their app works 100% and start working on it if not.
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Feb 26, 2011, 02:09 AM	#20
Enori macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Poland	I understand. Thing that suprise me the most are comments about how fast it is.
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