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Article #721Re: [Rosetta Performance]
From: Alan Holmes
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 17:52
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 17:52
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"Titanic Chloride" <---@---.---> wrote in message news:pnve52trhs02jgf7iga2p46ah69o52eeb1@zach... > Alan Holmes flushed and announced: > >> >>"Periodic Acid" <---@---.---> wrote in message >>news:97qe52hpt25l6nt494bu8onppph8k6g8g0@zach... >>> Alan flushed and announced: >>> >>>>I have one of the new Intel-based iMacs - the 20" model with the 2GHz >>>>dual core processor & 512Mb Ram + all the latest system software >>>>installed. >>>> >>>>When running universal applications it works very nicely. However, >>>>older PowerPC applications run - using Rosetta - quite slowly. This is >>>>an issue for me - I use bittorrent (the original client), MSN >>>>messenger, MS Office, Limewire, Google Earth, etc. Once I have a >>>>couple of these running, the computer tends to grind to a halt. >>>>Nothing crashes, but the machine slows down to a crawl and becomes >>>>virtually unusable. >>>> >>>>Is there anything I can do about this? >>> >>> Typical mac. Use it as a door stop. >>> >>>> Or do I just need to wait until >>>>universal binaries become available for all of these applications? >>>>Would buying more memory help? >>> >>> Sueyside is the correct answer in your case. >> >>I'm coming to the conclusion that you qualify for the killfile. >> > Killfiles are for those with no self control. > > oo > > Continue fetching for me.... Are you still eating the dog turds?
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