On 12-29-2008 6:47 AM, Kraak Helge wrote:
just wanted to ask if there is an issue or a thread on the performance
problems with OpenOffice.org 3.0 in connection with PowerPC processors?
The amount of RAM and free HD space has already been covered; I'm
curious which exact OS? I also have a G4 PPC computer and launch time is
23 seconds.
*First launch* was indeed much slower. Have you tried launching a fresh
installation for the first time, closing it and then reopening it?
As for spinning beachballs while using OOo I do see them but they're
very brief.
Example times:
14 seconds to File/Open and convert a 21-page Word doc with a
significant number of tables, styles, etc.
The difference might be the dual 1.42 GHz processors in my my computer
and possible faster hard drive? I have a mirror-door quicksilver, HD
spins @ 7200 rpm vs. (I believe) 5400 RPM on your PB. (Like you I also
have 1 gig of RAM)
Further, I wonder whether you are still using 10.3, or 10.4? I remember
noticing a huge difference in speed of certain applications (particular
Java apps) when I upgraded to 10.4. And I keep my Java version updated
to the latest also (thought I have no clue, as a non-programmer) if that
is relevant to OOo).
I couldn't find anything though I think this is quite a severe issue
as - at the moment - the new 3.0 version is not at all usable with PPC
Macs.
I actually have started using OOo m14 as my default WP/spreadsheet
application (I use other tools for DB and presos, so I wouldn't know
about perfformance or problems with those applications). It works very
nicely, though I will grant you that there is what I would call a "brief
pause" before certain operations kick in. For example, the first time I
press Page Down it seems a little slow. But if the next thing i do is
press Page Down again, there is no delay.
I'm not sure it's fair to say that "3.0 version is not at all usable
with PPC Macs" based on the experience on one computer.
The X11 solution with 2.x versions makes one feel that it is working
with double speed compared to the 3.0 version.
You could be right there, I would not know since I always disliked X11
enough that I simply did not use OOo 2.x. So what you're comparing the
build you're testing to is your experience with OOo 2. What I'm
comparing is to earlier rc's of OOo 3.0, and also to NeoOffice, and in
that comparison m14 seems very acceptable to me. I do notice brief
beachballs here and there, maybe we can identify the exact operations
that cause the ball to spin?
kazar
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