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Yes I have tried both demo songs. Vitamins by Jethro runs my CPU at like 180% on 5.0. Fortunately it is only 17% on 5.2, so I guess the update is better suited for MacBook.

am wrote:have you bought the intel 5.2 upgrade? that's how you'll know...

Yes i just downloaded the 5.2 upgrade. I have not purchased it yet, but it works fine in Demo Mode. So from this I opine that I will never be able to get live 5.0 to work properly on my MacBook. Is this correct?

am wrote:i reckon you're trying to run the power pc version on the intel machine....

I am not sure. Is there a way i can check? I just got this MacBook. If I am, how do i fix the problem?

I just got a new MacBook for my birthday. 2Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM. I installed Live 5.0, and when i ran the demo songs, CPU load would run as high as 190%. Sound was clicking and ULTRA SLOW, one could not tell it was music. It was just noise. Please help! Are there settings I need to change? My ...