rosetta question

[wojofm1]

i dont have an intel mac yet, but i am thinking of getting a macbook soon and i was wondering about rosetta...

firstly, how dramatically does it slow down the computer?

also, will there be a point in time when it doesnt need to run anymore? (perhaps when everything is native)

finally, should i buy now, or wait a few more months? (possibly for a revision)

 

[Kardashian]

I don't own an Intel Mac yet either, and I'm also purchasing a MacBook soon.

From what I have read:

1. Rosetta does not run all the time, it only becomes active when a PPC application opens (Like the days of when you used to open a Classic App. and Classic would run, in the background, you wouldn't actually see anything)
2. There will be a time when Rosetta doesn't need to be used - it will be when all application either become Universal, or for Intel only.
3. Photoshop runs at the speed of a G4 on an Intel Mac - however, they are using 50MB files in the speed tests, I only use 2/3/4MB files, so I'm not sure if there will be THAT much of a dramatic difference for me
4. All the Apple apps are now Universal, and do not need Rosetta, from what I understand.

Microsoft Office, Adobe and Macromedia are making their next major-releases (next year) all Universal. That means they will not need Rosetta any longer.

Any application that normally needs a lot of proc. and RAM power, will probably need double to run half-stable on an Intel Mac.

(Please, someone, correct me if I am wrong )

 

[lexus]

I have never seen rosseta run.

 

[Kardashian]

I have never seen rosseta run.

Isn't your computer collection ALL Intel? Or do you just not run any PPC apps?

 

[nsknike]

I got a macbook yesterday 2.0 with 2Gb and Microsoft word runs faster than on the comp that I used to have, specs are in sig as I haven't changed that yet.

 

[lexus]

Isn't your computer collection ALL Intel? Or do you just not run any PPC apps?

You just never have any knowledge of it running nor do you know it is running

 

[Kardashian]

You just never have any knowledge of it running nor do you know it is running

Ah right. Do you use Photoshop? I only edit photos of 2/3/4MB in size - do you think with 1GB of RAM in a 1.83Ghz MacBook I would find much lag?

I'm getting it to use in School for my A-Level..