Macbook Pro Performance

Riven · Post by **Riven** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:56 pm

Hi Guys

I have just got a new mac book pro (specs below)

I am running official ableton 5 intel update with sets off Lacie 7200rpm 500 gb hardrive and have a track which is one audio track one v station vst and one albino 3 vst and when i play quick keyboard on the albino 3 cpu usage is over 70% even cutting sound a couple of times

Can this be right!?

haven't run the hardrive off firewire 800 yet just usb but already performance is worse than my 3 year old pc laptop with much worse specs and I used a usb hardrive with that

Cheers

2.4-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

1440 x 900 resolution

2GB memory

200GB hard drive1

8x double-layer SuperDrive

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256 MB

Emissary · Post by **Emissary** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:50 pm

Riven wrote:Hi Guys

I have just got a new mac book pro (specs below)

I am running official ableton 5 intel update with sets off Lacie 7200rpm 500 gb hardrive and have a track which is one audio track one v station vst and one albino 3 vst and when i play quick keyboard on the albino 3 cpu usage is over 70% even cutting sound a couple of times

Can this be right!?

haven't run the hardrive off firewire 800 yet just usb but already performance is worse than my 3 year old pc laptop with much worse specs and I used a usb hardrive with that

Cheers

2.4-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

1440 x 900 resolution

2GB memory

200GB hard drive1

8x double-layer SuperDrive

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256 MB

does 5 support multi cores? anyone? i cant remember.

nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:27 am

no, i think it's version 5.2 when they added universal binary. not 100% on that though.

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:40 am

Yeah in version 5 there was a 5.2 release that added supported intel (UB) release.

However, I don't think that version is multi core supportive.....

I would HIGHLY suggest moving on to version 6...it's way more efficient and stable IMO.

I have no exp. with version 7 so i can't recommend it.

Bagle · Post by **Bagle** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:06 am

your right

5.2 was the UB release and there was no multicore support until 6
so do upgrade, i noticed a massive improvement in performance from 5.2 to 7
in my macbook, so im sure your macbook pro will be great

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