Flash and Macs

[Doju]

So, is it really that bad? Can I watch a YouTube video on a 2.4GHz MB Alu without it going crazy slow?

Do you all recommend the quicktime youtube plugin?

http://www.joeyhagedorn.com/2008/04/16/youtube-in-mp4-via-quicktime-plugin

 

[r.j.s]

Flash isn't choppy.

It just uses a lot of CPU cycles and can cause the fans to ramp up to full speed.

 

[Mal]

Flash is bad on Macs, but it's not that bad. From my experience, you won't struggle at all on a Alu MacBook, the contention being it shouldn't take half that much power to play a flash video without struggling (my white Macbook, older model, plays flash without stuttering or any other issues, but the fans spin up something fierce).

jW

 

[Doju]

Alright, thank you.

So, would you, or would you not recommend the plug-in I provided?

 

[r.j.s]

Give it a shot, if it works well for you, then keep using it.