Flash Causes Laggy/Choppy Inertial Scrolling?

[JagNL]

I just picked up a Refurbished 2010 15" MBP with the Hi-Res Screen and I have a problem in that every time I install flash I get laggy/chopping inertial scrolling. (Regardless of if I am on Integrated or Discreet Graphics, it's only slight less laggy on Discrete). If I uninstall flash I have smooth as butter scrolling again. This applies to both Safari 5 and Chrome, both react the same.

So far the only solution I've found is to install Click2Flash to block flash on websites which with it installed I get my smooth inertial scrolling back (That or uninstall Flash completely).

Is there something wrong with my MBP or is there a permanent solution to this? Does this happen on anyone's 2011 MBP?

Thanks for any input!

 

[JagNL]

Late Morning Bump, would like to compare before my 14 day return window is up!

 

[Benjamins]

It's actually normal unfortunately....

And people wonder why Mac users hate flash.

 

[Kyzelios]

I haven't really seen this on my MacBook Pro (which is a 2010 model), however I have seen what you describe on a display model at a local shop. Out of curiosity, does the choppiness occur if you turn inertial scrolling off in System Preferences?

 

[kowalabearhugs]

What are the specs of your system? What do your cpu utilization levels look like when this occurs? What your sys/cpu temps?

If you have a slow(er) processor and subsystem then it's completely normal.

 

[karohan]

Nope, its completely normal. Even on the higher end Macs. Though for me, that choppiness is actually mitigated by using Chrome or Firefox. It's more visible in Safari.

 

[JagNL]

My system is a 15" 2010 Macbook Pro, Core i5 2.4ghz with the Geforce GT330M (256mb VRAM) (Hi-Res AG). (Note: the laggy inertial scrolling happens on both the integrated graphics and the discreet graphics when flash is running.)

Kyzelios: The scrolling is fine when I turn off the inertial scrolling in preferences.

I'll see if I can load some software and look at CPU utilization and temps, any suggestions on a good set of software for the aforementioned?