Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

In a message dated 4/27/05 2:48:00 PM, maurits@... writes:

>> > isn't Tiger gonna give you better performance?
>> I think Apple always says that.
>
>And so far it's been true (WHEN they claimed it).,,,
>Then again nobody has used it yet. And especially something like coreaudio
>is 
>relatively new and heavily under development, so when we're throwing 
>assumptions again anyway, one might as well assume that the whole audio
>engine has become more efficient and hence most likely faster.
>
>Besides, the internal architectural improvements between 10.1, 10.2 and
>10.3 were impressive to say the least, and there I'm not talking about 
gadgets
>like Expose and stuff. I see no historical reason to be this sceptical
>about 10.4 (or Apple's claim that it has improved efficiency in, amongst 
other
things, CoreAudio), and no other reason either, other then just wanting
>to be negative.


There is this recurring logic - through the X series and even back with 
system 7 when the PowerPC chip came out. The marketing is always "faster and 
better" but then a few years down the line, there is tacit admission that the 
previous version wasn't up to snuff, wasn't properly coded or optmized and perhaps 
rushed out the door, and so the ever new system is going to now solve that 
problem. And clearly you buy right into it.

I don't know were you got your info about CoreAudio - but are saying it was 
crap to begin with (which may very well be true) and all of the people 
complaining about it were chastised unfairly by Apple apologists. Or are you saying 
its a minor imperceptible change?

I think by this time, we are all aware of bogus claims all companies make. We 
need to see some numbers. IF Tiger is more efficent - then how much more 
efficient? 5%? or 10% or 20%? Lets see some benchmark data - running a blur filter 
in Photoshop, running X Space Designer Reverbs, etc. Show me the numbers, 
otherwise its all BS.

As I said before - the main thing they seem to be selling is Widgets (which 
they shamelessly ripped off from Konfabulator without any royalties) and 
Spotlight so you can search your files ... kinda like the enhanced Sherlock of 7 
years ago. I have yet to see a single factor in Tiger that will make a machine 
run more efficiently or better for music applicatoins.

Even that guy Raskin who is credited as being the father of the mac, whom 
died just in the past few months, made some comment to this affect - that apple 
is making a consumer toy, not a serious machine.