Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

> 64-bit memory space isn't going to speed things up; in fact, I'd
> imagine that 64-bit apps may well run more slowly on many machines.

64 bit space can indeed slow things down when you don't need it and badly 
implement it (and drag along 3 bytes when you only need the fourth). Could be 
that this is the case here, but high-end stuff like Logic will most likely 
know what to do with it.

> reception programs, and now no searchlight. Those apps, even when "idle"
> are still lurking in the backgroun - taking up ram, taking clock cycles to
> check if the computer is idle so they can spring to life, or sending out
> internet messages. With the fragility of music on G5, I would not take any
> chances.

I agree that less is better, but what fragility? With my G4 I was constantly 
maxing out my processor, but now I jumped from 400MHz to 2x1.8GHz, the least 
of my worries are a few more background processes. (Btw, even before Tiger 
you already have a few dozen background tasks running). Besides, coreaudio 
being part of the operating system and knowing that it has to get its data 
out in time, will eat processor time away from apps like Spotlight or 
Dashboard when it needs to. And apps don't eat cycles to check if the 
computer is idle, they GET cycles when it is. (Unix-based system have this 
neat thing called "nice-levels" and any "expert" should know what that 
means).

Sorry to be sceptical about the sceptic, but his sceptisism seems to have more 
of a marketing basis than a technical one. And the real advantages of Tiger 
aren't in the fancy gadgets at all, they are in the technical details and 
we've seen a few links about them here already that show it's not just all 
hype.

Maurits.