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Leopard Sluggish Observations - Need Others Input Here Please!
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I noticed this too. Regardless of how many applications you have running it just doesn't pop up as smoothly as it should (especiallty in grid view).
Is boot up time also slower for everyone else? After the Apple logo goes away it just sits there on a blank blue screen about 2-3 times longer than Tiger did (minus the window with the progress bar).
I'm running an Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with 2GB RAM.
It looks like it only happens on Macs equipped with NVIDIA or GMA graphics. I just hope Apple won't let us GMA users down, i'm afraid they will just ignore us as they're rolling out X3100 macbooks >_<
PS: I spoke to Apple this morning on the phone, apparently they weren't aware of such issue
Nope, it's going on with me as well and I have an ATI Radeon X1600 with 256MB VRAM.
MBP SR 2.4
2GB RAM
15.4"
Choppy:
glass dock with magnification
suck minimize effect
genie minimize effect
icons bouncing in dock
expose (its not bad but not as good as tiger)
Smooth:
no-glass dock with magnification
fan out stacks
grid out stacks
preferences sliding transition
cover flow
open/close dashboard
open/close ichat groups
front row
2GB RAM
15.4"
Choppy:
glass dock with magnification
suck minimize effect
genie minimize effect
icons bouncing in dock
expose (its not bad but not as good as tiger)
Smooth:
no-glass dock with magnification
fan out stacks
grid out stacks
preferences sliding transition
cover flow
open/close dashboard
open/close ichat groups
front row
Wow, I'm so glad I found this thread.
I just upgraded my Macbook 1.83 Core Duo w/ 2gb ram yesterday and I've seen some sluggish performance. I was worried it was my equipment, but it seems to be happening to more powerful machines than mine.
I see sluggish performance with the following:
1) Expose ( with more than 4 windows open)
2) Genie effect when I have a lot of windows open.
Overall Its not that bad, but definitely a let down.
I just upgraded my Macbook 1.83 Core Duo w/ 2gb ram yesterday and I've seen some sluggish performance. I was worried it was my equipment, but it seems to be happening to more powerful machines than mine.
I see sluggish performance with the following:
1) Expose ( with more than 4 windows open)
2) Genie effect when I have a lot of windows open.
Overall Its not that bad, but definitely a let down.
I am noticing this as well. I have a CD MB with 1.5gb RAM. The glass Dock and window minimization under the Genie effect can get especially slow. However, if I kill the Dock service, it restarts and I get smooth transitions for a while. It seems like its something to do with the Dock service. Try restarting it and see if it gets better.
I killed the 3D dock because a) it was ugly and b) it was choppy.
Only other problem I'm experiencing is that when I close the 'add widget' panel on Dashboard, it gets seriously choppy for about half a second while the bottom panel closes and the menubar slides back onto the screen - caused by the pointless transparency, I presume.
Only other problem I'm experiencing is that when I close the 'add widget' panel on Dashboard, it gets seriously choppy for about half a second while the bottom panel closes and the menubar slides back onto the screen - caused by the pointless transparency, I presume.
10.5 is like 10.0 was...ugh.
It looks pretty, most things open very fast...however, when it comes to graphics...holy crap. Its seriously like running 10.0 again on a G3. What the heck Apple? Before you all start flaming me, my computer IS powerful enough. I've got 4GB of RAM and a Radeon 9600 with 256 megs of v-ram. I understand that there will be issues with a new release of an OS but come on.
It looks pretty, most things open very fast...however, when it comes to graphics...holy crap. Its seriously like running 10.0 again on a G3. What the heck Apple? Before you all start flaming me, my computer IS powerful enough. I've got 4GB of RAM and a Radeon 9600 with 256 megs of v-ram. I understand that there will be issues with a new release of an OS but come on.
Same here,
I thought my choppy dock was because I had an "outdated" Core Duo 2GHz MacBook with 2 Gigs of RAM.
Hopefully a fix soon.
I thought my choppy dock was because I had an "outdated" Core Duo 2GHz MacBook with 2 Gigs of RAM.
Hopefully a fix soon.
you guys should all report the issue to Apple. The more complaints they receive, the more likely they're gonna fix it.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
I thought it was my C1D MBP, but I guess it's all MBPs. Sucks, cuz my G5 2.0 DP works like a charm.
I ran xbench on tiger prior to leopard, then ran it again after installation: it's about 10 points slower than tiger.
Intermittent screen freezes encountered in tiger continue; this is on an iMac six weeks old (2.8 Ghz, 24"); Spaces is choppy (desktop to desktop navigation); Safari and overall net is quicker (or seems to be); iTunes runs great; all the Finder stuff runs well; conceptually, Leopard is great, but the overall quirkiness tends to wear on me, especially the crappy ATI performance and/or its interface with the operating system.
Intermittent screen freezes encountered in tiger continue; this is on an iMac six weeks old (2.8 Ghz, 24"); Spaces is choppy (desktop to desktop navigation); Safari and overall net is quicker (or seems to be); iTunes runs great; all the Finder stuff runs well; conceptually, Leopard is great, but the overall quirkiness tends to wear on me, especially the crappy ATI performance and/or its interface with the operating system.
Everything "runs" faster in Leopard on my Macs, especially Dashboard. It used to take 10 seconds to load on my old iBook G4 1.2GHz, now its almost instant, less than 2 seconds, my G5 runs it about the same speed. Basically, all apps are MUCH much faster, however the durned core image issues are whats holding it back from being a superb OS. I expect fixes soon....I hope.
That's a separate issue from the OS, I believe. Both my iMacs display system freezing or video artifacting to varying degrees. Apple has acknowledged the problem and claims to be working on a fix that is due "any day now".
I have a 24" iMac alu, I have only one problem in terms of frame rate etc the genie effect looks a little sluggish while everything else runs extremely smooth spaces, the pointless stacks with grid view etc all animate flawlessley.
Until my darn machine freezes, it froze on the first four times of trying to start leopard for the first time. It strange because if you are listening to iTunes your music still plays perfectly just you can't click on anything or use any commands.
Apple best resolve quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until my darn machine freezes, it froze on the first four times of trying to start leopard for the first time. It strange because if you are listening to iTunes your music still plays perfectly just you can't click on anything or use any commands.
Apple best resolve quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slow slow slow
Yes, I must agree, everything graphically seems a lot slower in leopard. Mainly expose and dock magnification. Expose is the real buzz killer. very choppy, where in tiger it was smooth. Just putting in my confirmation that something needs to be done. I reported this behavior on apples site, but I would like to know if they are aware of this and something is in the works.
Yes, I must agree, everything graphically seems a lot slower in leopard. Mainly expose and dock magnification. Expose is the real buzz killer. very choppy, where in tiger it was smooth. Just putting in my confirmation that something needs to be done. I reported this behavior on apples site, but I would like to know if they are aware of this and something is in the works.
did a clean install on my 3 month old macbook (2.16 GHz, 120GB HD, 1GB RAM) and it is VERY SLOW. the fan is always spinning like crazy, and apps take forever to load. internet keeps disconnecting for no reason. very disappointed apple...