OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

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OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by PalAl » Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:07 pm

Hey guys- I've got OS X 10.4.11, started up Live v.8 a couple days ago, and have since seen lots of crashes and poor performance overall. Anyone compared performance of v.8 on OS X 10.4 vs. 10.5 and seen better results? Thinking of updating to 10.5 (I have an iMac 2.16G 1.5 G of RAM) Thanks in advance! -Alex

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by LoopStationZebra » Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:15 pm

Interesting question. Don't think I've seen this discussed yet. :?:
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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by beatpoet » Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:40 pm

I'm on 10.4.11 and have loads of crashes,

Anyone fairing better on Leopard.

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by liveISlife » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:31 pm

I'm on the latest version of Leopard and have not had a crash yet with Live 8. Seems very stable.

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by DRStudio » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:41 pm

I'm on 10.4.11 and have yet to have a crash. :)

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by Bonehead » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:50 pm

I'm on 10.5.6 Leopard.
My last mix is running about 48 tracks, tonnes of effects and hardware wired up.

Result for 8.0.1:
Frequent crashes, I save every 2 minutes, lol.
Slow and draggy, during a lot of operations.
CPU hits about 35-40%, but a lot of pops and glitches.
:( I'm used to working this way, but the slow and draggy behaviour is what i can't stand. The beach volleyball of death scares me!

Hope this helps, I don't think the situation is any better. Yeah, running 2 or 3 tracks, everything seems stable. But a full fledged mix, nope.

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by myxomat0515 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:55 am

I bought Live 8 and ran it on Tiger for about a week or two before I made the upgrade from 10.4.11 to Leopard 10.5.6 (something I'd been putting off for a while anyway) and I can honestly say that v8 runs smoother for me. Still not problem free...but better. I'd recommend upgrading. You'll probably have to do it now or later anyways.

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by PalAl » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:10 pm

Thanks for the info... hmmmmm, still not sure. I may just update to 10.5 and see how it goes. If I do, I'll run a performance test for both and post. -Alex

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by bodhi71 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:45 pm

So I have patiently waited for months now to purchase a MBP and will have enough within the next two weeks.
Will Leopard come standard ? 15" or 17", what's you're opinion?
Plan on looping live, but also plan to use live as my main DAW also.
Sorry to OT, but since this is MAC related and don't want to start a flam war....

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by LoopStationZebra » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:06 pm

bodhi71 wrote:So I have patiently waited for months now to purchase a MBP and will have enough within the next two weeks.
Will Leopard come standard ? 15" or 17", what's you're opinion?
Plan on looping live, but also plan to use live as my main DAW also.
Sorry to OT, but since this is MAC related and don't want to start a flam war....

Yes, Leopard is standard now.
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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:11 pm

10.5.6 here

I'm finding V8 very stable. I haven't had a crash since the betas. I use tons of plug-ins, and I use them in ways that would possibly be unstable like running automap plug-ins inside Kore 2 and things seem well.
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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by arachnaut » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:50 pm

10.5.6 upgraded 8 from 7.0.15. MacBook Pro.

The only problem I've seen (other than some library issues reported by many) was a very slow startup.

Trashing preferences cured that immediately.

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by trilo » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:42 pm

I've had no crashes whatsoever under 10.5.6 :)

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by CHARLIE! » Mon May 18, 2009 4:56 pm

Any thoughts if this upgrade is worthwhile?

I have put off the leopard upgrade a long time is it worth it?

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Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?

Post by 8O » Mon May 18, 2009 5:06 pm

^ worth checking here too Charlie: http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=114984
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