>According to the Wash Post technology columnist, Jobs said that >Photoshop may run a bit slow on the new Macs "for professional use". >How can this be if the dual chip is spose to be faster?
Because Photoshop has not been converted to Universal Binary format yet. So it has to run thru the Rosetta translator first. That slows it down. On top of that, Rosetta doesn't handle G4 and G5 specific instructions (like the "velocity engine"), so all the stuff in Photoshop that is optimized to use a G4 if present, will now have to run in non optimized G3 mode. This problem will go away when Adobe finishes the conversion to Universal Binary. Then everything will run native on the Intel processor and will be able to bypass the translation bottlenecks. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
