MBP peformance compared to PowerMac G5 2.3 DP?

I'm considering a MacBook Pro, and plan to use it in addition to my PowerMac G5 2.3 DP. I actually don't have any cards inside the PowerMac, and the only real benefit I get from my G5 over a Macbook Pro is the hard drive capacity - I have two hard drives, a 250 and a 300GB.
I'm thinking it's probably not a good idea, but can anyone comment on how the Performance would compare if I got say the 2.16 GHz MBP and sold my G5? One thing that puts me off would be having to keep disconnecting peripherals (shame Apple doesn't still do a docking system). How does the graphics performance of the MBP compare to the GeForce 6800 Ultra?
I did try looking at Xbench performances, and the results in the 50's for the MBP and 113 for my G5 appear not to be valid for various reasons I don't understand. Has anyone found any benchmark figures that show a true comparison?

Heya Ben,
This sounds to me like a heat problem. If you didn't know already the heat sensors for the hard drives aren't actually near the nears but at the top of the case, trouble is that the readings will vary hugely from the hard drives to the sensor. Anyways, with an extra hard drive in there there's probably some serious heating problem going on. There's a few mods you can do if you feel comfortable which involve relocated the heat sensor to the drive so that the HD fans will actually work when they need to, and not just stay in constant low speed.
Sam

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MBP size compared to MB/12" Powerbook

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was just wondering how much bigger a new MBP is compared to a macbook or a 12"powerbook. i owned an old 12" powerbook and loved its size as it was so portable. anyone who has owned or used a smaller notebook and has also used a MBP 15", how much bigger are 15" MBP's compared to mb in size and are they not as easy to carry around to college at home etc.
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Im not so sure about they 15inch, MBP but i know my 17inch gets warm to - hot depending on what i am doing, itunes, and surfing the web i can leave it on my lap, sometime i use a cooling pad just so im not cutting off the airflow. Under someload the notebook can get hot only above the F-keys, from what i understand its like this on the 15inch, but the whole body gets a bit warmer. I was worried about the same issuses and i have found that i can live with this computer being warm, it would be nicer if it was cooler but its not that big of a deal.
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How solid is MBP? compared to thinkpad and others

Hello folks, I've been a happy MBP user for one month now. the only thing that I am still unsure for my choice over thinkpad is the MBP's alumnium case(build quality). how does that compare to the tank solid thinkpad? for example, its widely known that a 60kg man can safely stand on a thinkpad without any damage. how about MBP ? any kind of similiar tests ? even though it's unlikely happening in real world, it does seem to be cool to know that how good MBP is.

I had a 12" aluminum PowerBook before and now have the 15" MacBook Pro. Unlike some others posting here, I find the MacBook Pro to be of exactly the same build quality as my 12" PowerBook: i.e. strong and sturdy. My 12" PowerBook was a little over three years old when I sold it and still in great shape - it should last as many more years as the new owner needs it to. I certainly didn't beat the PowerBook up, but I didn't baby it either. It stood up very well to normal "real life" use, lots of carrying about the house, yard, and in travel bags, and its fair share of bumps.
The MacBook Pro seems exactly the same in terms of the way the case it put together, the way the hinge and latches work, and overall build quality. Frankly, I can't imagine why anyone would call it fragile.

Performance boost from Dual 1.8 PowerPC G5 tower to a 2.4 Intel MBP?

It's time for a computer upgrade but I wanted to make sure this is going to make things faster for me. I'm currently working with a Dual 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 tower with 7gb of ram and wanting to invest in a MBP (mid-ranged model, 2.4 - model that was released just before this current release)
I'm just wondering if this is going to make things faster for me. I'm a graphic designer and use CS3 programs like Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign regularly. So I occasionally have to open multiple hi-res images at the same time. I'm hoping to not have significant lag times with this or the dreaded beachball.
My job has shifted since I bought my DP 1.8 mac and I now travel a lot more so I need something more portable. My thinking for work when I'm in town would be to have the lid of the MBP closed and connect it to my 30" Apple Cinema display.
My concern is that I may not notice a speed increase. If I go with this MBP, is the concensus that I will be able to work similarly or better than my DP 1.8 now? I'm open to adding more RAM if that's necessary as well.
Thanks in advance!

Rod Hagen wrote:
Big MaCanadian seemed to be more concerned that performance might actually be no better or worse, Ewen.
With CS2 there were certainly some major problems with Photoshop on Intels, but from what I can see CS3 (while not as good as it should be) will almost certainly give Big MaC at least equal performance, and probably a useful boost, when compared with his 1.8 G5 Dual...
... One test does not a summer make (and, as others have pointed out, maximum memory will be an issue in some circumstances) , but by and large , with CS3, an Intel Mac will easily beat a G5 Mac with similar processor speed, all other things being equal. All things aren't equal here, of course, but I very much doubt that BigMac will be disappointed with the speed of a 2.4 SantaRosa Core2Duo MBP when compared with his old 1.8 G5 Dual.
Cheers
Rod
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I have read your post, Rod. I just think you don't have a decent third-party Mac enthusiast site speed test comparison and some of your facts are wrong.
Going to the first major point, you in fact seem to be agreeing with us that the MB Pro may not be offering a vast preformance increase: +but from what I can see CS3 (while not as good as it should be) will almost certainly give Big MaC at least equal performance...+ . I think it will be a bit faster too, maybe even twice as fast in certain tasks as indicated by the comparison you made with the higher end Intel desktop system, but that isn't an out-of-this-world improvement imo.
Second point, +an Intel Mac will easily beat a G5 Mac with similar processor speed+ is a little erroneous as to my understanding due to the different architecture of PPC and Intel chips you shouldn't be directly comparing on the basis of clock speed and then suggesting that system are comparative if these are equal.
CS3 works fine with Intel Mac, but an issue many of us have is the disappointment that it hasn't been optimized at all for the latest Intel Macs.
(point 2 is also I believe idiosyncratically called the Megaherts myth, link to a Wiki article to bring you up to speed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth , and also http://www.asia.apple.com/g4/myth/)
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Airport Extreme BS (Gigabit) + MBP issues

Today when I tried to get on the internet, my MacBook Pro would not recognize my AEBS. It cannot find it in the AirPort Utility or when I type the name of my network and password into Airport from the Menu Bar. My PowerBook is running fine on the same network. It recognizes and joins the network when it wakes from sleep and it sees the AEBS in Airport Utility.
Last week my MacBook Pro experienced a kernel panic while using Safari over a different wireless network. My best guess is that I may have a bad Airport Express card... is there any way to run a test on it to find out?
Also, my MBP never remembers my networks that I visit requently.... all of them are hidden networks and I have to retype the network and password every time I visit that same network. This is not the case with my PowerBook... and I have no clue why.
Any help is appreciated.
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PowerBook G4, 1.67 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 10.4.10
MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 10.4.9
Just ask if you need any more info about my computers or about my AEBS.

There are a couple of hardware tests you can run. One is the Apple Hardware Test, which is on one of your install discs--if it's like mine, you hold down "D" to boot to the test.
If you have Applecare, you hould have a Tech Tool Delux disc. It also tests the hardware.
If you get an error code on either test, it will indicate a hardware problem. You can try to google the error code and sometimes you can find out what it is, but in general you have to ask Apple.
I have been discovering that there are a lot of minor differences in how my MBP works compared to how my iBook works. I even did an erase and install because of a kernal panic when trying to do a software update, and I am still working at getting all my preferences set right. There's even oddities installing my printer driver of all things. If you are new to the MBP like I am, it may just take a call or two to tech support to get everything set up properly.
Good luck!

IMac 2.33 vs. Mac Pro 2.66

I know this might seem like a no brainer but here goes. I am looking to set up a second rig and want it to be cost efficient. The iMac 2.33 is about $3300 with three gigs of RAM, the upgraded graphics card and a 500 GB hard drive. And it comes with that great big monitor.
The Mac Pro 2.66 with 2 GB of RAM, the standard graphics (same speed as iMac upgrade) and a 500 GB harddrive is about $3,000. but once i throw in the 23" monitor it goes to 4 grand.
Does anyone have any oppinions on this? Should I try configuring the MacPro 2.0? That would save me $300. Is there a performacne boost using ECC memory? Is a MacPro 2.0 with 4 GB memory better for Logic than a 2.66 with 2 GB?
these questions are a bit beyond me.

stephen, I think the thing with upgrading the graphics card is, it would give better performance for people working with FCP or intensive photo work where there are very large amounts of video data needing to be shunted around, such as multiple video streams. I realise you always work with video, but when we logic users say we work with video, it just means playing back one quicktime video at a time, it's not what video or photo people mean when they say it.. so you really should be fine. just remember to always encode your video to quicktime DV which doesn't require any software decoding and you'll be fine. that said, it's only a matter of a hundred bucks or so to upgrade that card, so it can't hurt to get it if you're at all concerned.
and yes, the MBP you refered to is the very same that I'm finding quite a bit more powerful than my G5. bear in mind that my G5 is not a quad, just a dual core 2gig. however, at an apple demo session I went to, a MBP did compare pretty favourably against a quad G5 anyway. I don't think you'd find it much of a problem to work with, it certainly would be no different to the imac you're looking at.
as for RAM, how much do you have in your G5? as you do orchestral stuff, you should absolutely bump the RAM on the MBP or the imac to the max 3GB. I've only got 2 because I couldn't justify the expense of getting 3 when I bought my machine, and I figured I'd see how it went anyway. so far so good. but I haven't done any projects where I've loaded in track after track of vienna yet. just a few things with some ivory piano, a few tracks of vienna strings and harp, and it handled it all fine. when I've done stuff using a lot of samples on the G5 I always found that around 4GB was the sweet spot.. things seemed to work as well as they would get, even after I tried sticking in a couple of extra gig that I borrowed to try it out. so 3GB it's not too far off that, and given that these machines are really alarmingly powerful anyway, they seem to be able to grunt their way through it regardless.. my MBP still surprises me with its paltry 2GB..
I can understand how after years of having a powerbook 17" you could be turned off the idea of getting another portable. it's hard to imagine holding something in your hands that looks and feels similar to the very underwhelming machine you have now, and to imagine that it could actually give your G5 a run for its money.. it's weird but it's true. my powerbook can only manage a handful of audio tracks, one or two exs, maybe another light synth or two, some EQ and if you ask it very nicely, maybe a single space designer, if it's a small setting. or, get rid of all of that and run one instance of sculpture instead, before it chokes. this is a 1.33gig PB G4 12" btw.. I'm writing on it right now, and I love it as my little email machine, but any serious logic work is quite far out of its reach. if your PB is the fastest one they ever made at 1.67Ghz (I think), well it's not much more of a performer than my little guy.. but when I move over to my little PBs big brother, I can't tell you what a different ballgame it is. everything about it feels like a serious desktop machine while running logic. check my recent posts to see the kind of songs I could work on with it in terms of plug ins and so on. I've yet to have to freeze anything...
so back to your shopping.. you mentioned the joy of having the 2 monitor logic experience. well, getting a 17" MBP to replace your powerbook and then connecting a 2nd monitor will give you that experience, as well as plenty of performance, as well letting you keep the concept of a portable writing machine. it will feel like having your G5 on your lap, you will be freaked out I can tell you that much right now..
and when you're set up in your studio, just use a wireless keyboard and mouse, and put the MBP up on a stand like an icurve or something (which I use) and it can just sit there being your second screen, next to the 23" cinema display or whatever you get, and also secretly be the hidden computer that is running the show. people will wonder where the giant computer tower is... surely you can't be running that huge arrangement in logic and that video playback from a laptop???
or, you can also go for the 24" imac. same performance as far as I can tell as long as you upgrade to the 2.33 chip, and oh boy does that screen look nice. I presume you can still add a second screen to that machine and use it for your video playback, so the imac screen could be a giant playground for logic. not a bad setup up at all.
as for interoperability of your logic sessions. AFAIK, as long as you are on the same version of logic, ie 7.2x on the G5 and on the intel mac, you can open songs on either machine no problemo. to be honest I haven't been able to try it because I've been away from my G5 setup, on the other side of the planet for a few months now, due to sad family reasons.. hence my need to get a MBP portable setup in the first place. anyway from what I've read as long as you're on the same version of logic, things should inter-open just fine.
anyway hope this helps. I think my best advice to you would be to find yourself an apple dealer that is going to grant you the time to come in and test out a couple of systems. it's not impossible to find an apple store that will either already have logic pro installed on machines or will do it for you. bring in an external drive with some of your work projects, your logic key, and go ahead and run them on a 24" imac and on a 17" MBP. make sure your hard drive has your exs sound library on it, and also remember that 3rd party plug ins won't be available. but if you've got projects that run mostly using built in logic stuff and that have some video files, you can see what you're getting yourself into. as you are in the states, there'd have to be an apple store with a pro audio genius somewhere, they'd be crazy to not have one in LA! you could give them a call, talk to the 'genius' and explain you're a working film composer and you absolutely need to be able to test your own projects on the systems before you buy. another possibility but a little more fiddly is to make a clone of your system drive on to a big external FW drive. then also add your sound library and some projects to this drive. you could then try booting from this drive on the imac and MBP in store, and if it works, you'd have your own logic setup and all of your plug ins right there with you.. don't forget iloks of course, if you need them. but I'd check with a 'genius' first.. it's possible that an intel mac won't boot into a cloned system from a G5.
either way, by trying out your own projects you'll be able to see if the machines are going to do what you need them to do. but if you can't swing it to go test drive, my feeling would be that they are both going to be able to give you what you want anyway, particularly if you've been suffering trying to run logic on your PB for so long..
happy shopping, let us know what you end up doing.
oh and one last thing.. you haven't mentioned what your i/o needs are. I doubt you are going to say that you need 24 channels of i/o with super low latency, but if you do.. remember that the imac and MBP limit you to firewire both for audio interfaces and external hard drives. in most cases this is absolutely no problem whatsover. but some users might be tempted to go for a mac pro desktop because of the fact that you can add lots of fast internal storage for projects and sound library, and the PCI or firewire for audio interfaces, thus spreading the load. this probably doesn't apply to what you want to do.. and also, if you are wanting to work between 2 systems, you probably want your project drives to be fast external firewire anyway.
ok any more questions, fire away.
all the best,
antonio

My MacBook Pro laptop says 'service battery' and doesn't charge very well but my Mac is 5 years old. Is it worth buying a new battery or do you think I should buy a new mac?

Hi guys,
I can only leave my MacBook Pro unplugged for an hour maximum and it never seems to fully charge. It says on the Mac to service battery - which I guess means buy a new battery.
I have had my MacBook for over 5 years now and it does get used probably every day, if not every other. If I brought a new battery would it all work normally again or is it getting old and do I need a new one?
Also, my charger seems to be playing up a bit now as well. It's seems to be temperamental when I plug it in and takes to while to light up and charge. I've attached an image of the battery bit on my laptop as the lead seems to be fine - is this normal?
Thanks in advance guys.

Is there any application(s) that your current Mac cannot run that only a new can? Calculate the cost per year of your current MBP and compare that to the cost of a new battery. Spread the battery cost over a year or two of additional operation, how do the dollar amounts compare? If the MBP is functioning properly, I generally find it is more cost effective to keep it.
If the retina display and the SSD storage are very desirable from your perspective, then that becomes a different matter. You are the one to make the final decision.
Ciao.

When is verizon going to upgrade fios speed tiers?

I'd like to upgrade my speed from 35/35 plan. Does anyone know when Verizon is going to upgrade the fios speed tiers? Compared to cable co docsis 3, fios is starting to look and feel slow.

Verizon does have higher speed tiers if you really want the additional speed. Their 50M/20M package is certainly feeling dated since it hasn't been updated in... 5 years? but they did introduce a 150M/75M package for a good deal of money a month, as fast but unfortunate as that might be. Now if what you're asking for is a speed boost on all the tiers, Verizon tends to boost the speeds every year to a year and a half. Lately these boosts have been silent. The 35Mbps tier, for example tends to clock in 43 or so Megabits on the download and about 38Mbps on the upload. Since you have that package, I'd check to see what you're really getting.
I would like to see 50Mbps/20Mbps go to 100Mbps/100Mbps sometime in the near future, though. 150Mbps/75Mbps goes to 250Mbps/250Mbps. That'd be very nice to see and by no means will DOCSIS 3.0 get that kind of upload any time soon.
As it currently stands, the highest DOCSIS 3.0 package available to me is 50Mbps/5Mbps. FiOS's basic package in my area still beats that plan in upload by an additional megabit. The legacy 50Mbps/20Mbps speed smokes that cable connection in upload, and is also $20 cheaper a month believe it or not.
Here, the packages run as follows:
1Mbps/384kbps DSL > Runs at 1Mbps/340kbps. Comparative Cable package: 768kbps/128kbps. ($25 for DSL and Cable).
3Mbps/1Mbps > Runs at 5Mbps/2Mbps. Comparative Cable Package: 10Mbps/1Mbps ($30/m FiOS, $40/m Cable).
15Mbps/5Mbps > Runs at 20Mbps/6Mbps. Comparative cable package: 15Mbps/2Mbps (~$50/m for Cable, $45 FiOS).
25Mbps/25Mbps > Runs at 30Mbps/26Mbps. Comparative Cable package: 30Mbps/5Mbps ($60/m for Cable, $55/m for FiOS).
35Mbps/35Mbps > Runs at 43Mbps/38Mbps, available if you have Phone or TV with FiOS. Comparative Cable package: 50Mbps/5Mbps (Same price as the 25Mbps for FiOS, Cable is $100/m).
50Mbps/20Mbps > Runs at 51Mbps/20Mbps. Comparative Cable package: 50Mbps/5Mbps. ($80/m FiOS, $100/m Cable)
150Mbps/35Mbps > Runs at 155Mbps/75+Mbps. Comparative Cable package: 50Mbps/5Mbps ($200/m FiOS, $100/m Cable).
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The first to bring me 1Gbps Fiber for $30/m wins!

What are the common problems with the 15 inch 2.16 Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo?

I have been reading in the forum and have noticed that some of the MBP C2D have a few problems (wireless, screen, etc). I just want a list of things to look for if I get one. I have learned from the past to get it fixed fast, or else Apple does not prioritize it as well. Thank you.

got mine in october.
imo(and other pc converts as well) it hardly lives up to the hype+pricetag.
First/second/third iteration...it runs hot and slow.
Compared to what? Any other macs? Can't say. Compared to my experiences with other pc notebooks...that's where I'm coming from.
Author was looking for feedback from MBP owners.
2cents submitted.
Author didnt specify..'issues with MBP as compared to other Apple computers', I don't think anyway.
A company makes a major shift with it's hardware, and expects the software that pre-exists will smoothly transition...is a rush job if you ask me.
I just feel it would have been better, having been released with a FULLY compatible os.
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macbook pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8) i hate it

24' Cinema Display with Dead Pixel

I just exchanged an LED Cinema Display under AppleCare for the blinking/cord problem. Got the new one set up and see that it has a dead pixel. Is there a fix for these, especially being brand new, or do I have to exchange this one too?
Running tests it is very visible on a black background, then blue, and slightly on a green background. Red and white backgrounds make it so that the pixel is not a visible problem.

When I chose my LED Display, I refused two monitors because of dead pixels (green pixels on full filled white background). All of them I tried to order in on-line shops.
When I found out that Apple use LG panels for the LED Display and I understood that I have to go to the off-line shop and choose the display by myselfl. I met 2 years ago with usual LG TFT displays on my work - they all had dead pixels. (IMHO, LG is not good).
I came to one shop and there were 2 Apple LED displays - one at the exposition and one in the storehouse. Of course I wanted new one from storehouse and let manager know beforehand about not going to buy if dead pixels. He brought up the display from storehouse, unpacked, plugged and I personally start to check. I changed the background to whole white and pointed into two green pixels. "***", - I said to the manager - couldn't believe that the display costs crazy money (in Ukraine - $1400-1500) and everyone with dead pixels!
I also have 20" NEC display with perfect IPS panel that I bought 3 years ago for $800. And I should leave the buying of the Apple LED Display and back to my favourite and proven NEC it could be the right decision as you'll see below .
But the manager offer me to check the exhibition example - he assured me that exhibition one is also absolutely new and stood only 5 days in the shop. We plug it, set the background to white and ... "O, miracle! No dead pixels! After three checked displays! Can't belive!" - and this one was really total perfect.
So I forgot about to buy new NEC instead of Apple display. Brought Apple LED Display to home, connected to my brand new MBP 13, compared to my old NEC - everythnig was perfect, colors and overall picture are better than old NEC.
I was happy ... BUT JUST FOR ONE WEEK! It started to blink/flash/blackout - this is the known problem as I found out later: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1902288&tstart=0
I'm very disappointed because I realize that if I give it for guarantee service and they offer me to change it - I'm sure that I'll got the display with dead pixels and I don't want it! So I hope that it the software/firmware trouble and it'll be fixed in the next MacOS update. If no - it'll be the disaster because I'll not be able to return the display and give my money back from the one hand (under Ukrainian laws the money back period of goods is 14 days), and I don't want to give the guarantee replacement with dead pixels!
Sorry for large text I had to to unburden myself!

Own partition for osx - difference in performance?

hi folks.
just finished to import my files from a powermac G5 (10.5.11) to my new macbookpro i5 2,3 GHz 4 MB RAM via migration assistant. on my G5 i had only one main partition where i had my osx, my pictures, mp3 and so on. total amount about 230 GB. everything looks pretty fine on my mbp.
now. i have one big 230 GB partiton on my mbp.
will it make any difference performance wise if giving my osx (and the main used programms?!?!!) 10.6.7 on my mbp i5 it´s own partition and create a second partition for pictures, music files and so on...?
a bit off topic, but
is it actually a good choice to import from a G5 10.5.11 ppc system to a mbp i5 10.6.7 intel system via migration assistant or would it preferable to do everything handish and start from the scratch??
thanks for your help in advance...

Hi again:
after that migration assistant procedure the account/user name of my old powermac G5 appears in my new mbp. so my new mbp is now called powermac G5. am i able to change this? the only way i see to do, is to create a new account and delete the "powermac G5" account...
This is the way to change the "short name" :
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8756.html
I cannot remember if I have done it, but I believe you can change the "long name" by going to system preferences>accounts and typing the new long name in the box.
Barry
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Anyone using a Panasonic SD1 - 5.1 question

Hi
I have a Panasonic SD1 HD camcorder which records audio as 5.1 surround. However I can't seem to get FCPx to import the footage with 5.1 soundtrack. Has anyone managed to achieve this yet.
I did try using voltaic to encode a separate surround audio file but FCPx doesn't like the AC3 format it uses so I can't import that.
I recently moved from FCE4 which was only stereo so it has never been an issue previously ...
Thanks
Dave

You might want to take a look at these links.
http://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/newreadpost.cgi?forumid=8&postid=888324
http://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/newreadpost.cgi?forumid=8&postid=887896
This guy is using a MacBook Pro, not an iMac, but it gives you a good idea of about what you're going to see. I would assume that the iMac would be a little bit faster, considering it is a desktop as opposed to a laptop. Anyway, hopefully those will give you some insight. In general it seems to work very well considering he's comparing a powermac g5 dual core (a high end desktop) to the MacBook Pro (a high end laptop, but a laptop nonetheless). Hope this helps!

Calling JPA from a Java Stored Procedure

Is it possible to call JPA from a java stored procedure? If so, does anyone have example? How do you setup the persistence.xml?
How does the peformance compare with straight JDBC in a java stored procedure?
Thanks for any help!
Johnny

Hi Johnny:
Basically you can run any JDK 1.5 framework inside your Oracle 11g JVM, I have experience integrating Lucene IR library as a new [Domain Index for Oracle 11g/10g|http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddgw7sjp_54fgj9kg] .
I am not familiar with JPA internals but my advice is howto handle the connection inside the OJVM and the configuration files.
Some time ago I took a look to SpringFramework integration and I found that writing a new ApplicationContext class which handles the loading of beans.xml from XMLDB repository instead a file should be enough to work.
Another important point is the life cycle of the [Oracle internal JVM|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/java.112/e10588/chtwo.htm#BABHGJFI]. Unlike an standard JVM the OJVM is created once you first connect from the middle tier at OCI level and remains in execution during the connection pool existence.
I mean, if you connect using a JDBC pool the JVM will remains running across multiple soft open/close connections of your middle tier application. This is good because you can read your persistence.xml file using a Singleton class and this expensive operation will be re-used by multiple open/close operation done from the middle tier.
I suggest you do a simple Proof of Concept with a Hello World application and check if it works.
Remember that any security issues will be notified to the .trc files, security issues are related to the strong security layer configured by default inside the OJVM, for example you can not read any files from the OS file system without an specific grant, you need another grant to access to the class loader and so on, but you can simply grant this specific needs to a database role and then grant this role to the user which connect to the OJVM.
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Anyone Running Aperture 3, One library with 150,000+ Photos?

Would like to now if anyone is running Aperture 3 with a very large Library? Ideally I would like to hear from anyone running one library with 150,000 images or more. I'm planning to Import just short of 200,000 images and I'm hoping it will handle it. If anyone responds I would be grateful for mac specs as well. . Thanks for your input in advance.
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You'll not have any trouble with most processes on any dual-core 2GHz Mac with 4 or more GB RAM. (With only 4 GB, you shouldn't run any other programs when Aperture in running.)
Sharing Previews is a no-no (but IME it is the single biggest bog-field in the app). Load time will go up. Faces may become slow. It will take A LONG TIME (days) for Aperture to finish all its initial internal processing. Search the forum for general suggestions on keeping Aperture running well.
I built up a test library of 250,000 images just to make sure. I was able to run this Library off of an external FW400 drive (the whole Library, not just the Masters) on a 2.3 GHZ dual-core laptop w. 4 GB RAM.
I have since put together a database of 350,000+ images. It runs fine. I'd say it runs "normal" on all machines, as long as operations are kept to 100 images or so. Relocating a quarter-million Masters will take some time. Moving 10,000 images into new Projects, or moving those Projects into new Albums, can take a few minutes (but under ten).
You should set aside a week for the import and all the processing. I strongly suggest turning Faces off until the Library is structured and working (you've made most major changes and you've not stumbled across any glitches). Then you can turn Faces on and let it run in the background for a few days. I suggest NEVER turning on "Share Previews". YMMV.
My experience w. a 350,000 image Library leads me to believe that it could handle 10x that. The breakdown of the work seems to have been well-engineered to fit the currently available pipelines. But -- the faster your machine, the faster Aperture will run. Tony Gay and I compared his PowerMac with my MacBookPro for some Aperture tasks -- his was twice as fast.
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Trackpad - Poor or confused?

I just can't work out the trackpad. The movement tracking is poor and sometimes the cursor stops responding and the box scrolls instead.
I do love my MBP but I can't use the trackpad. I have tried it with the accidential option on and off.
Maybe the MBP has a fault but I dont have access to another MBP to compare. I am no-where near an Apple Store.
Any tips? Does it get better with wear?
iMac Intel + MBP 15 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I just can't work out the trackpad. The movement
tracking is poor and sometimes the cursor stops
responding and the box scrolls instead.
Are you sometimes using more than one finger at a time on the trackpad? It is setup by design to use two finger scrolling. If another finger is comming into contact with the surface from time to time it would explain that behavior. You can go into preferences for keyboard and mouse and disable the Use two fingers to scroll options box if it is a feature you don't care for and see if that helps.

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