Just a general subject for discussion really, not just OS X related.
I have a script runing at a site on 2 machines, which is identical. One machine is a 466 G4 runing OS 9 & QXP 5, the other is a 1.8 G5 running 10.2.8 & QXP 6.1.
The script which batch prints Quark files to PS runs 3 to 5 times faster on the G4 than the G5! - Neato :?
The only down side is the G4 get an ‘Out of memory’ error if you try to run more than 650 or so QXP docs.
To get a better comparison you might try running the Quark 4 script on the G5 machine in classic mode instead of comparing the Quark 4 to the Quark 6 script.
Kel:
Unix bit probably right, I don’t know UNIX well enough to comment.
Even after putting the app memory upto 250mb, still had the same issue at the same point.
jj:
Qxp 6 is a slow as a slow thing put on hold!!
Camelot:
Ditto. But haven’t tried 6.1 on the G4.
Jerome:
Had major issues withthe script under classic - loads of weird errors. Couldn’t be arsed to try to re-write the code. May do later though!
Did try something else in the past, which was to save the page as an EPS instead. The speed increased more on the G5 than the G4 and were almost equal. Even though the trusty G4 still pipped the G5 to the post!!
This may not have much to do with your out of memory errors, but I run into the same thing with FreeHand 8 as it leaks memory like a sieve. After a couple hundred documents memory gets low. I’ve worked around this by simply rebooting FH every so often.