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Apple's New 27-Inch iMacs Experiencing Performance Issues?
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Install Firefox and then the Flashblock add-on. Enable it and see just how prevalent Flash is. There are many web sites you simply can not navigate, much less actually use, without Flash. The buttons and everything are Flash implementations on many of them, not just the grotesquely over-produced Flash videos & such.
I think the problem is with Flash
I've been having Flash problems on my aluminum unibody MacBook (late 2008) long before I upgraded to Snow Leopard. The fans go crazy when watching Flash and sometimes I get message screen indicating there is problem with Flash plug-in. I never had this problem when I first got machine last year so somewhere along the line either a OS or Flash update has caused this problem. I think what people are missing in that video is the FLash in activity monitor is going crazy. On mine it is taking up a lot of processor usage. Never used to have this problem before. It's hard to see but I'm sure that's what they were trying to emphasize in the video.
I've been having Flash problems on my aluminum unibody MacBook (late 2008) long before I upgraded to Snow Leopard. The fans go crazy when watching Flash and sometimes I get message screen indicating there is problem with Flash plug-in. I never had this problem when I first got machine last year so somewhere along the line either a OS or Flash update has caused this problem. I think what people are missing in that video is the FLash in activity monitor is going crazy. On mine it is taking up a lot of processor usage. Never used to have this problem before. It's hard to see but I'm sure that's what they were trying to emphasize in the video.
Issues like this are just making me less and less eager to buy a Mac. People talking about their Mac's breaking down all the time, then everyone saying their Mac's can't even play Flash, that's kind of sad. Worse is the fan boy's saying Flash is crap because their Mac's can't play it.. Noo, I think it's just the Mac's that are crap.
I'm on a PC, and over the years using a PC I've never had an issue with Flash, ever.
I'm on a PC, and over the years using a PC I've never had an issue with Flash, ever.
I completely agree. Snow Leopard on a 2008 iMac here, with nothing to complain about. I use many different programs, plugins, virtual machines, etc and have no issues.
Heck, SL on a 2005 iMac and ZERO issues. If anything it was FASTER after the update (especially multitasking in the finder). Certainly no problems playing flash. Whatever the issues are, they aren't SL alone.
Boy, you have absolutely no idea how happy the more-than-10-switchers I've advised are...they tell me they are NEVER returning to a PC.
Rule 1: Flash has ALWAYS been crap on Macs because of Adobe's incompetence;
Rule 2: Those who have a problem, complain...the million others that are completely satisfied with their Macs don't need to do that.
Don't be silly, that's not how the blogosphere works. A Post has to bounce around from one blog to another before it becomes a Story. New Journalism and all, donchaknow?
Otherwise we'd have absolute nonsense stories like that "iPhone discoloration" junk. Oh, wait...
VLC for the win.
iMac 27" 'Revision A' FTL.
Rev. A always has problems, nothing new. I learn't to stay away until Rev. B or even C are out. Got stung once and don't want to live through that again.
Don't read "]this thread then among others.
Your link doesn't even work...so either nobody has a problem with SL...or you provided a link to Paul Thurrott's site...
Says the flash developer in disguise...
No offense intended but how the *$&*%# is it Apples problem when a 3rd party developers Application doesn't work right?! I'm far from a koolaid drinking Apple fan boy and often get beat on when I call Apple out from some of the crap they pull... BUT that being said... if someone could fill in the rest of this sentence with a valid reason I'd love to see it...
Apple needs to address the suckyness of flash on the iMac because _________ ? Try to keep the answer under 20 words if possible...
Says the flash developer in disguise...
No offense intended but how the *$&*%# is it Apples problem when a 3rd party developers Application doesn't work right?! I'm far from a koolaid drinking Apple fan boy and often get beat on when I call Apple out from some of the crap they pull... BUT that being said... if someone could fill in the rest of this sentence with a valid reason I'd love to see it...
Apple needs to address the suckyness of flash on the iMac because _________ ? Try to keep the answer under 20 words if possible...
OK, here is mine:
Apple needs to address the suckyness of flash on the iMac because WE WOULD ALL BE HAPPIER IF ADOBE WERE BOUGHT BY APPLE AND FLASH DISAPPEARED.
VLC for the win.
iMac 27" 'Revision A' FTL.
Not really...
What does it say when VLC an open source project can play back flash video with greater ease and reliability than the player that was written by THE INVENTOR OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
VLC FTW
Adobe FTL
Seems more accurate to me...
Whoever is developing Flash for the Mac at Adobe needs to be shot. In fact, most of the people behind Adobe today need to fired. Their support for their products is terrible.