Re: Mac G4 midi software question

["S.P. Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Nelson" <psychle62@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 00:10:AM
Subject: Re: Mac G4 midi software question


> When the dual processor G4 was first introduced, I
> read a review in which the point was made that the
> *real* benefits of the second processor wouldn't
> really show themselves in their full glory until
> software written to take advantage of it started to
> become more common. A lot of the older softs, the
> reviewer maintained, would work pretty much the way
> they did before, and he even mentioned a few cases in
> which they'd run more slowly, believe it or not. I
> have no idea if what the guy wrote was true, but he
> seemed liked HE believed it!

It's true, no matter what platform you're on.  Unless the software is
written to take advantage of a second processor in order to divide up the
work it needs done, or the software THAT software is running under does so,
you won't see an advantage.

> -t-
>
> --- nicholson_matt <nicholson_matt@msn.com> wrote:
> > The benefits I've been getting
> > from the dual processor
> > has been fewer than I was expecting. The latest
> > versions of Photoshop and
> > Final Cut Pro seem to be the two biggest apps to
> > benefit from the dual
> > processors
>
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