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OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:07 pm
by PalAl
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
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:15 pm
by LoopStationZebra
Interesting question. Don't think I've seen this discussed yet.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:40 pm
by beatpoet
I'm on 10.4.11 and have loads of crashes,
Anyone fairing better on Leopard.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:31 pm
by liveISlife
I'm on the latest version of Leopard and have not had a crash yet with Live 8. Seems very stable.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:41 pm
by DRStudio
I'm on 10.4.11 and have yet to have a crash.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:50 pm
by Bonehead
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.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:55 am
by myxomat0515
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.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:10 pm
by PalAl
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
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:45 pm
by bodhi71
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....
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:06 pm
by LoopStationZebra
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.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:11 pm
by glitchrock-buddha
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.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:50 pm
by arachnaut
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.
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:42 pm
by trilo
I've had no crashes whatsoever under 10.5.6
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:56 pm
by CHARLIE!
Any thoughts if this upgrade is worthwhile?
I have put off the leopard upgrade a long time is it worth it?
Re: OS X 10.4 vs 10.5 with v.8?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:06 pm
by 8O