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Apple's New 27-Inch iMacs Experiencing Performance Issues?
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Yes. And if not, it uses up an inordinate amount of system resources and causes your cooling fans to kick on.
Apple not being able to get Flash to run properly on OSX is kind of pathetic. Their apathetic attitude towards fixing it is even more disconcerting.
Try Again, but thanks for playing.
Adobe is responsible for flash, not Apple.
Just posted a video reply showing turning off airport to fix the issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hf7hle6hMQ
(and no, i don't work for microsoft. windows has given me way more grief than this in the past. I've had maybe 1 issue per mac in the last 4 years which is fairly acceptable when compared to my PC track record before that.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hf7hle6hMQ
(and no, i don't work for microsoft. windows has given me way more grief than this in the past. I've had maybe 1 issue per mac in the last 4 years which is fairly acceptable when compared to my PC track record before that.)
You can say what you want, doesn't make any difference.
The fact that a $2,000.00 machine can't run a simple media plugin is nothing short of embarrassing.
Thank you to all who suggested ClickToFlash! I am using it now and I will continue to use it until/IF Adobe* gets their act together on this CPU hog.
*and/or Apple, depending on if the issue is with Flash, Safari, or both
*and/or Apple, depending on if the issue is with Flash, Safari, or both
Somebody should tell the Gnash people. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
Somebody should tell the Gnash people.bartzilla said:
Step right back, back in to Mr. Jobs Amazing Reality Distortion Field. Cures all Ailments!*LTD said:
Brilliant bit of troubleshooting and deduction there. Of course you had a headstart knowing, a priori, that it can't possible be Apple's fault. Maximum Reality Distortion Field demo. Thanks !
It's strange at times when I open 1 flash movie via Safari it plays fine, then I open a second and it overloads the system. When I close one of the 2 flash movies it still spins hot.
VLC seems to not have this problem with multiple flash movies. Could be Adobe implementation of flash on Safari. If this is how is behaviours on a desktop/laptop I would hate to see this in action on an iPhone/Touch, the thing might explode.
I think you meant to say:
Flash is just abysmal, no matter what machine you're using.
Flash has always been garbage, only marginally better than all the other formats like Windoze Muddier Video and RealUseless Player. The only proper way to to use video on a computer is QuickTime.
You can say what you want, doesn't make any difference.
Our $10k Linux server doesnt run flash properly. My $500 Linux box at work doesn't run flash properly. Windows sucks dodgy stuff on Windows too. 50% CPU on a Sempron. Bah. Not even VLC uses that much.
I hope they can decide on a standard for HTML5 soon. Or Silverlight hurries up and gets some market share.
I don't use Airport, but how user-configurable is it? Are we sure this user isn't streaming over a misconfigured wireless connection? I've botched my WiFi settings in the past and gotten similar results.
You didn't not see how much the video was lagging, or how Flash was taking up 95% of the CPU?
Interesting. I didn't catch the 95% CPU thing. That points the blame for this issue back toward Flash. How would a slow connection over Airport cause a sustained increase in CPU activity? Not saying it's impossible, but it doesn't immediately make sense. Does Flash behave badly when it doesn't have enough bandwidth? If so, then Airport and Flash are both to blame.
The reason is because Adobe don't actually write Mac applications. They write Windows applications and then port them, utilising crappy Microsoft library files on the Mac to "convert" between the operating systems. Even if you don't install a Microsoft aplication at all, once you install an Adobe one your system is littered with Microsoft garbage ... and we all know Microsoft can't write a decent Mac application (and they too got part of their start on the Mac with Word and Excel).
Fine by me, I guess. But we're not talking about Linux servers.
Nor are we talking about how my $329.00 Acer laptop (XP, btw) runs Flash perfectly as opposed to that 27 inch monster. HTML5 is much anticipated. I can't wait myself.
Flash works just fine on leopard, come to think of it win 7 also. What's new? That would be SL. SL really was rushed out the door
I boot into 7 if I want to really watch Flash on my Macbook. I didn't realize I had forced my processors to only throttle to 1200 MHz either. Full screen playback on Hulu was still flawless.Fine by me, I guess. But we're not talking about Linux servers.
HTML5 is much anticipated. I can't wait myself.
Fine by me, I guess. But we're not talking about Linux servers.
Okay then, go and put Mandriva or Ubuntu on that laptop and tell me how well Flash runs on the same system and tell me its not Adobe's fault. Hell run it on BSD and tell me how well it runs.
But you wont. Because you cant be assed doing it or want to be proved wrong.
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I know the slowdown isnt from flash but teh conversation has been taken over.
I wonder if its from heat slowdown?
