shuurajou said:
Make sure you set your processor performance to Highest -- not Automatic.
It's in System Preferences>Energy Saver. This may help...
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Make sure you set your processor performance to Highest -- not Automatic.
It's in System Preferences>Energy Saver. This may help...
mouse movement
I know EXACTLY what you mean, being both a PC and mac user, I've always felt the movement with the mouse on a Mac seems to "lag" a bit, whereas the PC movement almost anticipates where I'm going....I've even tried adjusting the settings on my Mac as well. I'm also not a fan of apps without backdrops, because I truly hate viewing tons of windows behind my working window at the same time. Very annoying. However, everything is much more sexier on the mac...
shuurajou said:
I know EXACTLY what you mean, being both a PC and mac user, I've always felt the movement with the mouse on a Mac seems to "lag" a bit, whereas the PC movement almost anticipates where I'm going....I've even tried adjusting the settings on my Mac as well. I'm also not a fan of apps without backdrops, because I truly hate viewing tons of windows behind my working window at the same time. Very annoying. However, everything is much more sexier on the mac...
shuurajou said:
I'm not sure if you've installed that extra ram yet, but more ram helps this problem (slow menu's etc). OS X will page threads (apps) to disk as the ram fills up. At 512meg and over you'll notice this a lot less.
The other thing might be your mouse settings. OSX has a few different styles of mouse acceleration. A little piece of software I use on my Powerbook can access these - SideTrack. It has options to change the acceleration from "Mac OSX trackpad" to "MacOSX mouse" and also "Redmond Switcher" - that's you 😉
I find the Redmond Switch acceleration to be pretty brutal when fiddling with small switches/buttons/etc on screen (like with FinalCut) but you might be more comfortable with it.
Also, with the security issues - OS X doesn't have any services turned on by default so you shouldn't have any security issues. However when you start networking with your PC, just keep it behind a router or firewall to be sure (there aren't currently any hacks, but it's best to be safe, hey).
Oh - and I'm surprised to hear about your photoshop performace. I find exactly the opposite most of the time (can depend on what edit's you're doing) and I'm on a G4.
Again, stick that extra ram in and let us know 🙂
Again, stick that extra ram in and let us know 🙂
Actually, I've installed my gig of RAM about a week ago now, and there's no doubt that has been a very significant performance increase. I'm really pleased with the effect that the RAM has had on OS X.
I had only briefly used Photoshop prior to my last comment on it's performance. Whilst I stick by what I said, I do feel that I prefer using Photoshop on my iMac. The general performance is much better, and because of OS X's multi-tasking I've been able to switch between things much more effectively. The bit where sometimes I feel my PC has an upper hand, is not always. Occasionally I'll feel that maybe when I'm sharpening, or resizing a very large image, that my PC always did it quicker. But it's odd, because when I do it again - it was instant, which my PC was not. It's all really confusing 🙂.
I get the feeling that somehow people think I'm trying to bash the Mac here and compliment the PC. Whilst I am/was a hardcore PC user, I'm loving my Mac, and wherever possible I use my Mac over my PC right now. It's just more enjoyable 🙂. Although sometimes I do feel a little cluttered with all these windows open.
As per reference to the mouse, I really don't know what it is, but I can tell quite a difference. It's not unusable by any means, but it just feels very strange to me. I'm pretty sure it's nothing to do with the mouse acceleration, as on my PC I always have mouse acceleration deactivated.
I had only briefly used Photoshop prior to my last comment on it's performance. Whilst I stick by what I said, I do feel that I prefer using Photoshop on my iMac. The general performance is much better, and because of OS X's multi-tasking I've been able to switch between things much more effectively. The bit where sometimes I feel my PC has an upper hand, is not always. Occasionally I'll feel that maybe when I'm sharpening, or resizing a very large image, that my PC always did it quicker. But it's odd, because when I do it again - it was instant, which my PC was not. It's all really confusing 🙂.
I get the feeling that somehow people think I'm trying to bash the Mac here and compliment the PC. Whilst I am/was a hardcore PC user, I'm loving my Mac, and wherever possible I use my Mac over my PC right now. It's just more enjoyable 🙂. Although sometimes I do feel a little cluttered with all these windows open.
As per reference to the mouse, I really don't know what it is, but I can tell quite a difference. It's not unusable by any means, but it just feels very strange to me. I'm pretty sure it's nothing to do with the mouse acceleration, as on my PC I always have mouse acceleration deactivated.
shuurajou said:
Well, one or two people might feel that way, but I think most of us are under no illusions that Mac's are always (or even often) faster than PC's. It's pretty much a given that you can build a "faster" mid-range PC for cheaper than you can buy a mid-range Mac. The only problem is most people judge "faster" as being "can run Doom 3 at 60 gazllion frames-per-second". PC's will be faster at somethings. Mac's will be at others. These things really just show the different priorities of the two architectures.
Regardless, I find that most people fall in love with OS X once they've seen it in operation. It's pretty addictive. Have fun!
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I love my mac. Today I had DVD Studio Pro muxing a DVD, while burning a DVD in Toast, while printing DVDs on my Epson R200, while another video was being compressed in Compressor, all while I was surfing the web and checking my emails ALL AT THE SAME TIME. I could also be rendering some graphics in After Effects but wasn't at the time. All smooth performance throughout. I couldn't imagine attempting this on a PC.