Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

> Apple and Jobs were running around touting X as the greatest 
> thing since the light bulb - not really being honest that 
> there were a lot of limitations, bottlenecks, and so forth. 
> Then when Jaguar came out they said was so much faster it was 
> like a hardware upgrade, then the same thing when Panther 
> came out. So in other words they turned out mediocre software 
> to begin with but touted it as great. They did the same thing 
> when the PowerPC came out 1994. For years later they were 
> still converting code from 68000 to PowerPc. 

Yes. There was a lot of press about how slow OS X was when it first came
out. As far as I'm concerned, it still is. At least it is slow on my 800MHz
G4. Logic takes about 45 seconds to a minute to load. I'll have to time it
tonight. Almost all applications take a long time to load on that computer.

> Its the marketing/dishonesty which is the issue. As you know, 
> you can't buy software and try it out then decide. You buy it 
> on the hype, then deal with it. 

I agree with you about the hype problem, but there are many programs that
you can download demos of before buying. Unfortunately, Logic, and OS X
aren't included in them.

> I still have a Tibook 550mhz and running Panther even is so 
> slow that as to be unbelievable ... the endless colored 
> beachball... something that didn't happen on the machine I 
> upgraded from..a g3/333 powerbook. That tibook is primarily 
> used as a $3000 paperweight now, while I write this on an ibook. 

I suspect that my iMac is barely faster than your Tibook. How does your new
G5 compare? I'm hoping you'll say that apps open instantly in general. I'm
an impatient person. <grin>

Kamm