Is anyones Mac Pro laggy? My current pro which is getting sent back seems to be a bit laggy. For example when I type in Coloquy words that i've typed pop up after 3-4 seconds sometimes. This also happened in iChat; Vista was laggy, but I did not expect OSX with 4 cores and 6gb of ram to be laggy. What's the deal? Is OSX just laggy like that or is it coloquy and ichat? Or is it just a bad Mac Pro?
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I would definitely say a bad macpro. You shouldn't have any problems like that on any machine with a decent amount of RAM and video card.
Your connection might play a bit of a problem but I don't see it causing lag like that. It's a good thing you're sending it back.
Your connection might play a bit of a problem but I don't see it causing lag like that. It's a good thing you're sending it back.
I have 4 spaces with 3-4 apps in each open. I'm only using 2.0gb of ram or so I have another 4 left (free).
No, of course not, I can see what's running with ps. Nothing outside of the normal apps I started myself. But there is evident lag.
I'm sure it's related to the memory controller/video issue. No, of course not, I can see what's running with ps. Nothing outside of the normal apps I started myself. But there is evident lag.
Have you made any movies recently or updated your mac?
No, it's been like this since day one. I've began to notice it more now that I pay attention to it.
Are you sure you checked that you ordered the correct one? Maybe you are taking it too serious, I sometimes lagg too, even when I got my MacBook, maybe when you ordered it, you ordered some extra apps
I don't understand what you are trying to say. Extra apps? I ordered the correct setup - yes; I'm also sure it's the correct setup... There are no extra apps running, there are no viruses or spyware, or anything else running that should not be. This is clear evident running ps in terminal.
This seems to be an issue with the video card and memory controller.
So you didn't download anything yet, and its brand new, nothing done
Hmm... so when you talk on I-chat, you lagg, maybe you or your friends keep on spamming and as Everythingisnt had said about the connection
It is most definitely seated correctly. I've ran memtest and it reports no errors. Only certain applications lag at certain times, but in general the computer does not feel fast at all. It's also running cool, not hot as one would guess.
My new quad tower has the same problem. I currently have 3 apps open in space 1, and one in the other three spaces. When I switch between them there is obvious lag. My MacBook experienced nothing like this. A quad core with a supposed "better" graphics card can't even handle it. Should I contact Apple also?
You're going to have to return it, it's a pretty severe issue with all of the Ati equipped Mac Pro's!
Any chance 10.5.2 will help resolve any of these issues? In all honesty, it doesn't sound like the issues that I'm having are as severe as yours, as text input has never been a problem. Google Earth, for example, is kind of glitchy, as is Spaces whenever I run quite a few apps at once.
Is Spaces the culprit?
Both users reporting problems so far in this thread said they are using Spaces, which is a feature introduced with Leopard. I'd look at Spaces as the primary suspect before considering hardware issues. Do the lags occur when Spaces isn't active?
Both users reporting problems so far in this thread said they are using Spaces, which is a feature introduced with Leopard. I'd look at Spaces as the primary suspect before considering hardware issues. Do the lags occur when Spaces isn't active?
With and without spaces the results are the same. Good thing this machine is going back, there is obvious lag... It's not spaces, ichat, or coloquy, it's hardware, or software. But Leopard runs perfectly fine on many other older machines and laptops. So that leaves hardware...
You coluld try to install a new, clean system on a other disk / partition. I heard from many people having problems with slow leopard that the troubles were gone after a new install.
Not a very quick, but a clean way to test if it's the machine or the software
Not a very quick, but a clean way to test if it's the machine or the software
You're going to have to return it, it's a pretty severe issue with all of the Ati equipped Mac Pro's!
Completely untrue.
Not completely untrue just somewhat untrue. The ATI issue doesn't seem too effect ALL Mac Pro's but in this case I think it is the cause.
I hope it is. I really cannot imagine a quad core machine with 6gb of ram being this slow. I'm reformatting and packing up my Mac Pro for return as we speak. I plan on reordering with the 8800GT and 8 cores. Hopefully it's lag, artifact, and screen flcker free!
It's the inclusion of "all" that made it completely untrue
I tend to be the sort of person who reads these things
literally, so pinch of salt etc.
But really, it isn't "all" (no problems here). It may be "many",
"some", "a few", "a minute infinitesimal statistical scattering".
We really do not know.