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<blockquote data-quote="splatbucket" data-source="post: 248989" data-attributes="member: 20036"><p>ok, </p><p>i am currently running a MBP (and have been for a few months)</p><p>2.16ghz</p><p>1gb ram</p><p>256mb graphics</p><p>osx 10.4.7</p><p></p><p>now i was fully that non intel aps would be running slower then on the powerbook etc but i was prepared for that.</p><p>though recently my whole MBP seems to be crawling, in universal aps as well as non universal, even finder has been goin slow, and i am currently finding that a PowerPC g4, 1.25ghz , 768mb ram is running faster then my MBP!</p><p></p><p>now i keep checking the status though a "ministat6" widget and have never seen it go above 30%cpu usage, though it seems at though i am for ever seeing the swirling beach ball.</p><p></p><p>has anyone else had similar problems, or does anyone have any sugestions as to why this might be happening.</p><p></p><p>Thanks i hope someone can help </p><p></p><p>Luke</p><p></p><p>ps. main aps i run are... prob in this order</p><p>quark 7 (universal)</p><p>deerpark (firefox beta) (universal)</p><p>flash 8 (ppc)</p><p>iView Media Pro (Univeral)</p><p>Photoshop CS (ppc) [yes i know it runs slow, but i was expecting that]</p><p>Illustrator CS (ppc)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="splatbucket, post: 248989, member: 20036"] ok, i am currently running a MBP (and have been for a few months) 2.16ghz 1gb ram 256mb graphics osx 10.4.7 now i was fully that non intel aps would be running slower then on the powerbook etc but i was prepared for that. though recently my whole MBP seems to be crawling, in universal aps as well as non universal, even finder has been goin slow, and i am currently finding that a PowerPC g4, 1.25ghz , 768mb ram is running faster then my MBP! now i keep checking the status though a "ministat6" widget and have never seen it go above 30%cpu usage, though it seems at though i am for ever seeing the swirling beach ball. has anyone else had similar problems, or does anyone have any sugestions as to why this might be happening. Thanks i hope someone can help Luke ps. main aps i run are... prob in this order quark 7 (universal) deerpark (firefox beta) (universal) flash 8 (ppc) iView Media Pro (Univeral) Photoshop CS (ppc) [yes i know it runs slow, but i was expecting that] Illustrator CS (ppc) [/QUOTE]
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