I'm due to get my upgrade tomorrow, but here's my two cents. It's been my experience that many apps in OS X are slower than their OS 9 counterpart. Digital Performer's mixer faders are painfully slow and almost unusable in OS X. Microsoft Entourage is slower in opening email. Granted my Mac is only a G4 450MHz, but if OS 9 speedily zips along, why can't OS X?
>> From: Christopher BJ Smith >> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:14 AM >> >> Please share your insights as you get them, Mac users! >> > ------------ > I received my copy yesterday. > > Although I am happy they have finally ported to OSX, it is far from being > usable in my opinion. The program is too slow. I am working on a mirrored door > Dual 1 Ghz, machine with 1 GB RAM. The first thing I did was test an old file > and then created a new file. I went to the special tools palette and tried > adjusting ties. This has always been the slowest tool in the app and > unfortunately things have become worse. IT IS PAINFULLY SLOW! Even slower than > adjusting ties in version 3.5.2. IMHO MM has a lot of work to do to get this > version up to the standards of other OSX programs. > > Not able to create EPS files is a real annoyance. I don't understand why other > software companies can figure this out but MM cannot, other than their lack of > commitment to the OSX community by letting the release of an OSX version lag. > > Another thing that I don't understand is why this new version does not allow > the user to stretch the main window far enough to extend to the edges of 2 > Apple Cinema displays set side-by-side in scroll view (or page view). Monitors > have gotten bigger since the 80's and Finale's window size restrictions is not > reflective of the times. > > It is sad to see such a strong program (originally MAC only) trail the pack of > other great apps. I am sure these growing pains will be addressed by version > 2005. Obviously they were trying to rush this version out to make the NAMM > show last week. And it shows. > > If you like to take your time "twiddling" then use the OSX version but if you > rely on speed then stick to 2003 and below until 2004 is up to snuff. > > I wish I had some positive things to say but speed issues are my biggest > concern, no matter what features they add. > > My thoughts (and soap box), > Steve Fiskum > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > -- Cheers, Glenn Adams Galactic Anthems [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.galacticanthems.com http://www.cdbaby.com/galactic http://www.cdstreet.com/artists/galacticanthems http://www.mp3.com/galacticanthems _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
