[Finale] Mac 2010 speed issues

2010-03-02 Thread Thomas Schaller
So I have peeked around to see if others have similar issues, but haven't heard much - so maybe some hardware guys here have some good ideas. I have a nice old Dual G5 (1.8GHz) running 10.4.11, recently upgraded to 10.5.8; my video card is a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 with 64MB VRAM. Only re

Re: [Finale] Mac 2010 speed issues

2010-03-02 Thread Jari Williamsson
Thomas Schaller wrote: So I have peeked around to see if others have similar issues, but haven't heard much - so maybe some hardware guys here have some good ideas. I have a nice old Dual G5 (1.8GHz) running 10.4.11, recently upgraded to 10.5.8; my video card is a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 with

Re: [Finale] Mac 2010 speed issues

2010-03-02 Thread Thomas Schaller
definitely helps - thanks Jari! anybody think that adding memory might also have an effect? currently I have 2.5GB - I can go to 4GB for <$100 - seems easy enough if there is some benefit... Thanks, Thomas Schaller On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Thomas Schaller wrote:

Re: [Finale] Mac 2010 speed issues

2010-03-04 Thread Don Hart
Hi Thomas, I have the G5 1.6 GHz and had a memory upgrade on the way when you posted the other day. FWIW, I went from 1.25 to 3 GB of memory and have seen a distinct improvement in the way the machine is handling the symphonic arrangement I'm working on today. I'm using OS 10.4.11, Finale 2009;