Apple updated some of their Pro applications on Friday with Pro App Runtime 1.5.1. The update is available in Software Update for those with these applications installed
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Apple Pro Runtime 1.5.1
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I'm heartened to see Apple are concerned with software performance.
I think Apple seem to be one of the few companies who consider this to be a priority.
While I don't generally diss MS, they seem advertise increased performance across versions of Windows and Office (etc), but seem to measure this with the current (at the time) fastest machine. So, every time they release Windows they say "faster than ever", but what they mean is... it's faster now you're running a P4-3GHz whilst before you were only running a P3-1.1GHz.
Apple seem to be almost alone in boosting performance across versions measured by using the exact same machine. Whilst they probably had a "slow" OS to start with, I find it encouraging they still want to optimise, rather than tell us to buy a new G5 for a faster GUI etc.
Good for them!
I think Apple seem to be one of the few companies who consider this to be a priority.
While I don't generally diss MS, they seem advertise increased performance across versions of Windows and Office (etc), but seem to measure this with the current (at the time) fastest machine. So, every time they release Windows they say "faster than ever", but what they mean is... it's faster now you're running a P4-3GHz whilst before you were only running a P3-1.1GHz.
Apple seem to be almost alone in boosting performance across versions measured by using the exact same machine. Whilst they probably had a "slow" OS to start with, I find it encouraging they still want to optimise, rather than tell us to buy a new G5 for a faster GUI etc.
Good for them!
Let's not get all happy about Apple improving GUI speed. My G4 500 with FCP2 in OS9 has a faster GUI than my Dual 1.42 G4 in 10.3.1 running FCP4.1
Originally posted by simX
So then why don't you just go and stick with Mac OS 9 since it's so much better?
It's not better, it's just has a faster GUI. Also, I use a jog shuttle controller, and it has so much of a delay on it now that it is hardly useful anymore. The reason being that hitting play now takes longer for the video to start playing than it did before. I still love FCP4 more than anything. I have given up speed so I could have features, but it is unfortunate that the speed has been hit so hard.
This has been the way of OS/App developement since the beginning. Mature OS + App developed for mature OS will beat any 'new' solution at doing the same thing hands down. Problem is that the mature OS has reached it's limit, it has peaked and you will undoubtably begin to see diminishing returns on any more advanced operations you plan on implementing.
You can see the same competition happening with combustion engines vs. electric engines. It's mirrored again and again in any mature tech vs. new, hopefully more robust tech.
Then please explain to me why you aren't happy that Apple is concerned about improving GUI speed. See relevant quote:
Umm...My Mac OS X is faster than I've ever seen anything in Mac OS 9. If yours isn't, you haven't done what is needed to keep your Mac OS X optimized:
http://www.macmaps.com/Macosxspeed.html
Panther is really fast on the 1.33 Ghz Powerbook with only 512MB of RAM.
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Hale-gosh-darn-llujah. Not a soul on this planet has a clue about how long I've been waiting for this one! Let's just say January 15, 1927 at 3:04pm. I feel so free. Free from the shackles of this unholy society that has been bread into my skin. Oh torturous fantasies, you have not betrayed me! Runtime runtime runtime.
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anyway, glad to see they are boosting performance on the apps that really need it.
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anyway, glad to see they are boosting performance on the apps that really need it.
He's happy about Apple's efforts to improve GUI speed. He's just expressing that he's skeptical about the speed improvements.
Not necessarily. A good program can be designed to not let non-active code interfere with working code. A great example of this is games which modularize their data files. Civilization III does this a lot.