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dwm Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 569	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:54 pm    Post subject: PowerMac G4 1.25 GHZ Dual? Is anyone running PowerCADD 6 on this model in OSX (Panther). Just want to know what you think of its performance, i.e. scrolling with scroll bars, drag scrolling with objects, zooming etc. I'm buying a new Mac next week, and stilll want to be able to boot in OS9 for other uses. Please, don't tell me about Classic, it not good enough. Thanks, David M
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davidross Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 9	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:28 pm    Post subject: Singles are usable. But getting near the bottom of that range. Don't know about the duals. Should be faster when you're doing a lot of different things at a time.
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Kent Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Birmingham, AL	Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 11:26 am    Post subject: David, We are using Dual 867 G4's and they work fine. Admittedly I have not ran PowerCadd on a Dual G5 to compare it with.
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aquilles Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 42 Location: Los Angeles, CA	Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:18 pm    Post subject: We have a dual G5 here at work, and as you would expect, it works great with PCADD 6.1. I have both a dual 867 & dual 1.25ghz G4 at home and PCADD also works really good on them. It doesn't hurt that each machine has 1.2gb of RAM. However, PCADD can be pokey on my 17"iMac at work. Especially with a drawing with alot of hatches, screen redrawing can take forever on the iMac. I think any dual machine will run PCADD great..
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CJH Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 320	Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:10 pm    Post subject: PC6 performs no better on a dual than on a single, but perhaps the next version will utilize two processors. Unless you are running several programs at once (such as ripping itoons and drawing in PCadd), there is no gain to a dual. That said, I find PC6 on a Powerbook G4/1.25 to be perfectly usable. If I had a limited budget and wanted a desktop, I'd go for the faster single G5 over the slower dual G4.
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Jeff Bianco Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Connecticut	Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:08 am    Post subject: G4's and PC6 We replaced eleven machines in December with the last single processor 1gig G4's. I personaly run it on an older dual 1gig G4 and ther doesn't seem to be a difference. In any case, the program performance speedwise if perfectly fine.
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dwm Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 569	Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:44 pm    Post subject: Thanks Thanks for all the replies. It appears any Mac that's 1 GHZ or faster is good for PoweCADD 6. I have found that lots of RAM improves OSX performance, even on slower G4's. I'm going to keep the G4 350 and buy a G5 Dual. David M
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Steve Woolf Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Amherst, MA	Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 3:11 pm    Post subject: Running well on dual 1.25 I've been doing fine for the past year running he most current OS and powercadd on a dual 1.25.
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Bill Stanley Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 315	Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 7:30 pm    Post subject: David, Your comments are consistent with our general findings, lots of ram and 1 gig. Thanks. Bill Stanley
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poolvibe Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 335 Location: My Lair	Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 9:12 pm    Post subject: what is considered a lot of ram. I have a 1.8g G5 w/ 1.5g of ram? should I add more and if so how much improvement will I see? _________________ www.shouldbefree.net
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John Cruet Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 262 Location: Guilford, CT	Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 7:07 am    Post subject: poolvibe wrote: what is considered a lot of ram. I have a 1.8g G5 w/ 1.5g of ram? should I add more and if so how much improvement will I see? I would think PowerCadd would fly on such a machine with that much RAM. _________________ John Cruet G4/733 w/1028 mb RAM & OS 10.4.10, Classic-free, skuzzy-free MacBook Pro 2G Intel core duo 2 gig RAM & OS 10.4.11 PowerCadd 7.0.3, PC8 Beta tester Canon iP710 printer www.johncruet.com
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poolvibe Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 335 Location: My Lair	Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 7:10 am    Post subject: Don't get me wrong. It moves quite well but I was wondering if more ram would me noticably faster? _________________ www.shouldbefree.net
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CJH Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 320	Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 9:07 am    Post subject: Some have reported improvements in adding Ram, but I saw no differance when I went from 512Mb to 2Gb in a dual 2Gb G5. My largest Pcadd file size is under 50Mb, and I don't run other programs while using Pcadd, which may explain this. Pcadd perfmance still scales more directly to processor speed than processor type, number of processors, graphic card or amount of ram.
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