http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/trails/52572electric_lava/trails60http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/178749We start are journey here, the XLAB, an independent mac osx expert.  Here you can see that the author is promoting simple traditional task that pc users have known about for years.  Doing simple things like cleaning catches, buying more ram, and testing drive S.M.A.R.T status (more on this later)
]]>mac performanceelectric_lavaWed, 28 Nov 2007 23:50:00 -0800trailfire:markId:178749http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/178752mac performanceelectric_lavaWed, 28 Nov 2007 23:58:19 -0800trailfire:markId:178752http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/178758mac performanceelectric_lavaThu, 29 Nov 2007 00:37:18 -0800trailfire:markId:178758http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/178766
To me that says that all  your hard drives must be clean and open.]]>mac performanceelectric_lavaThu, 29 Nov 2007 01:13:25 -0800trailfire:markId:178766http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/178767we should create an automator button for this]]>mac performanceelectric_lavaThu, 29 Nov 2007 01:16:18 -0800trailfire:markId:178767http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/178773
Note: most modern hard drives have a least 16 mb of cache on them (which is the min i suggest)]]>mac performanceelectric_lavaThu, 29 Nov 2007 01:33:27 -0800trailfire:markId:178773http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/180179
That means the test is only during a render operation, which does not use the 3d card ! (in an active and passive phase, when you design in 3d, the card must calculate the curves of the design and update 4 views in real time. VS. When you render, the 3d card is used to only calculate the 3d and create the frames_)

The 3d Card is used, during the actual design process.  Think of designing in c4d as playing a bad ass 3d video game (like call of duty 4)  If it can play the game, then it can design in c4d, and more importantly...you and i can sit in a coffee shop and play the software. ]]>mac performanceelectric_lavaTue, 04 Dec 2007 17:15:26 -0800trailfire:markId:180179http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/180207check out this article about 3d cards that come with mac book pro]]>mac performanceelectric_lavaTue, 04 Dec 2007 18:08:29 -0800trailfire:markId:180207http://trailfire.com/electric_lava/marks/180208]]>mac performanceelectric_lavaTue, 04 Dec 2007 18:16:22 -0800trailfire:markId:180208