LOVE my '09 Mini - 30" (2560x1600) & 19" (1280x1024) screens

[applecultvictim]

Nice setup you got there oi oi, enjoy your mac!

 

[dwsolberg]

Here's an example of what I'm referring to. It's a PDF of a fry's ad from my local paper. The computer lags like crazy when attempting to scroll through it in Preview. After opening it, I tried pressing the spacebar like you mentioned, but it just jumped to the bottom of the page. That's good and all, but I prefer to scroll through the document as I'm looking through it.

I notice a significant lag, too, on a 2.4 unibody MacBook with a 7200 RPM hard drive. You say that your PC handles this exact page smoothly?

 

[Oi-Oi-Oi]

Does the MacBook Unibody have a dedicated graphics card like the MackBook Pro?

If so is that enabled when you scroll through the file?

 

[Aniki]

Does the MacBook Unibody have a dedicated graphics card like the MackBook Pro?

If so is that enabled when you scroll through the file?

No, It's still an intergrated, but a HUGE step up.

 

[Oi-Oi-Oi]

No, It's still an intergrated, but a HUGE step up.

Then that's probably why it's the same lagging issue on a MB, since it's the same/similar GPU.

My Vertex has been delayed until mid week so I will update this thread to see if there is any performance difference with a faster HDD.

 

[js81]

Here's an example of what I'm referring to. It's a PDF of a fry's ad from my local paper. The computer lags like crazy when attempting to scroll through it in Preview. After opening it, I tried pressing the spacebar like you mentioned, but it just jumped to the bottom of the page. That's good and all, but I prefer to scroll through the document as I'm looking through it.

I don't know what you're talking about, its smooth as silk on my Macbook. LOL, just kidding. My CPU cycles shoot to ~100 and its still ch-op-py. I don't have that problem on text-filled PDFs - must be where the one you uploaded is so graphically heavy.

 

[Oi-Oi-Oi]

I don't know what you're talking about, its smooth as silk on my Macbook. LOL, just kidding. My CPU cycles shoot to ~100 and its still ch-op-py. I don't have that problem on text-filled PDFs - must be where the one you uploaded is so graphically heavy.

For a second I thought you had a super special MB

 

[bchreng]

I notice a significant lag, too, on a 2.4 unibody MacBook with a 7200 RPM hard drive. You say that your PC handles this exact page smoothly?

I finally figured out a solution to the problem. Yes, my PCs (with similar specs) can read that page relatively smoothly. Macs can too! The problem is the way Preview handles PDFs. I installed Adobe's Acrobat Reader and used it to open the file and scrolling was about as smooth as on my PCs. The difference between the two viewers is like night and day. Preview will load the files faster but the way it handles the them sucks compared to Acrobat.

 

[Oi-Oi-Oi]

I finally figured out a solution to the problem. Yes, my PCs (with similar specs) can read that page relatively smoothly. Macs can too! The problem is the way Preview handles PDFs. I installed Adobe's Acrobat Reader and used it to open the file and scrolling was about as smooth as on my PCs. The difference between the two viewers is like night and day. Preview will load the files faster but the way it handles the them sucks compared to Acrobat.

Ahhh. Good stuff and makes sense! Will try that later.

 

[w00tini]

I have 4GB of RAM in my Mini. I thought that most if not all files that I open are loaded into the system RAM and run from there? My notebook, which runs off a 5400RPM drive handles those PDFs with no problem.

This is an example of one of the movies (HD) that lag on my system. There's tearing here and there along with dropped frames.

that video shreds my PC tower (8800GTX, 4gb, ect).... its just Youtube and how they're delivering it. if that was a QT movie it would be smooth. Youtube has some work to do, if you ask me, with regards to hig res content.

 

[Mackilroy]

I just watched that YouTube video you linked to in high definition, and it lagged on my machine as well (2006 Mac Pro) - I doubt it's your Mini, because Flash under OS X is pretty bad no matter what.

 

[Oi-Oi-Oi]

OK, so I finally got my Vertex 120 Gig. has to wait until after Easter break as we are going away for 4 days

Anyways, has anyone done the Carbon Copy thing to replicated their HDD to a new SSD drive? Any pitfalls I should watch out for?

Or is it better just to start a freash install?

 

[DoFoT9]

OK, so I finally got my Vertex 120 Gig. has to wait until after Easter break as we are going away for 4 days

Anyways, has anyone done the Carbon Copy thing to replicated their HDD to a new SSD drive? Any pitfalls I should watch out for?

Or is it better just to start a freash install?

time machine ftw