 Help With Powerbook Cpu |
 Fri 15 Apr 2005, 07:52
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Please help. I bought my band new 1.5 GHz/ Superdrive/512 ram) os x 10.3.8 powerbook in Jan 2005. There were so many reasons I bought it. For so long I wanted a portable computer that worked, rather than my old windows brick.
I think something must be wrong or the answer is more memory. I want to use Ableton Live but as soon as I start using VST then the computer really starts to struggle. The CPU meter gets up to 100%. I have found the cpu getting this high and staying like it in other apps too, non-music ones. Even now writing this, I only have Live (not actually playing anything), Stcikies and Mail open. The cpu is staying between 65% & 70% and the RAM used is 352MB. This can't be right. What am I doing wrong? I can only think it's beacuse I have installed so much software, (and taken it out), that I need to do a fresh install and see if it's still the same. Thanks all for your help in advance. PS I just switched to MAC 4 months ago! |
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Tue 19 Apr 2005, 13:31
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 15-Apr 05 From: Norrköping - SE Member No.: 64,114 |
Thanks for your advice. I checked the startup processes and something to do with the antivirus prog I got from .mac was taking up a lot of power. There seemed to be a few other things there so went for a complete re-install. After doing this (so much less painful than windows) it felt like I had a new computer. But when I checked how Ableton performed, pretty much the same thing! I'm not impressed. Is it still woth zapping my PRAM? I'm quite annoyed I have reached this obstacle so early on. Will installing more RAM reduce the CPU power because it doesn't have to 'page'? Any advice appreciated.
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mishmashmole Help With Powerbook Cpu Fri 15 Apr 2005, 07:52
arvidtp well, if you use TONS (like 20 VSTs) it should bog... Fri 15 Apr 2005, 15:44 mididiot Run disk utility to repair your permissions. Zap y... Fri 15 Apr 2005, 15:46 gdoubleyou The problem is the app itself, Live doesn't su... Fri 15 Apr 2005, 18:06 hugo01 maybe could be this: system preferences->energy... Sat 16 Apr 2005, 00:03 mishmashmole Interesting what you say about Altivec though. I ... Tue 19 Apr 2005, 13:32 lepetitmartien I thought the last big update of Live at last brou... Wed 20 Apr 2005, 03:52
gdoubleyou Rumor is that it may happen after Tiger arrives. Thu 21 Apr 2005, 19:16 |
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