Please read..did I make a mistake with this computer?
Ok I'm a guy who a year ago just took a leap and starting to learn 3d graphics and spent my wife and my savings on a mac quadcore power pc, maya 7 at the time and now 8.5, photoshop and zbrush.
I did the research and hear that this mac was the right workstation for me. They said it was fast with ps cs2 and maya. They had graphs proving it. So I talked my wife in to it and boom.
Now I feel like I screwed up. I did a benchmark test at zoorender.com and realized that it was taking twice as long as some of the comparable computers even ones with just two cores. But I just lived with it . I did do some searches trying to find a way to speed things up. I even posted on sites ( this one too ) but nothing. So I grind and bared it. Now I'm in the process of learning nCloth and the tutorial that I am watching this guy is moving the cloth around like nothing in realtime. When I try doing what he is doing ( same thing just a 40x 40 plane that is pinned in one corner and moving it around ) it takes forever. just to move half an inch. And the guy in the tutorial is moving all over the screen and the cloth is just following and acting like real cloth in real time.
I've been watching my processors when I do stuff and it seems that its only using one of them when I'm doing the ncloth stuff. And only two when I am rendering in mental ray. Maya render is using all four so I guess thats o.k. but I like working in mental ray with final gather GI and... Heck I just want all my processors to work with it. Same with modeling and ncloth.
I even bought more ram. Not realizing at the time anything over 4 gigs is just a waste. And none of the programs I use will use the 8 gigs I have...
In zbrush Its fine till it gets to one million polygons then it slows down big time.
What am I doing wrong.
Did I screw up by buying this mac? Dont get me wronge I love the mac style of the osx. But the programs I need to run are just so slow. I feel terrible. My wife hears me complaining.. and I feel Like I just through our savings away for nothing. When I could of spent less on a pc running windows and saved some money. I don't know..... I love the feel of the osx operating system but thats not helping me with the things I need its just windows dressing.
Please any help any of you can give would be so appreciated. If I am just an idiot and I have some setting wrong please just tell how I can fix it . My mac info is posted below.
By the way you will be seeing this a lot I am going to try and post it where ever I think I can get some help. So sorry if you get tired of seeing it : )
Thanks for reading.
scott
Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 4
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
that is one cool program thanks for the link Steve.
o.k. just did the test.
with every thing unplugged except One monitor keyboard and a mouse this is what I got.
CINEBENCH 9.5
Tester : scott g
Processor : sag3's_g5
MHz :
Number of CPUs : 4
Operating System : os x 4.8
Graphics Card : nvidia quadcore 4500
Resolution : 1600x1200 @60 Hz
Color Depth : 32-bit color
Rendering (Single CPU): 384 CB-CPU
Rendering (Multiple CPU): 1154 CB-CPU
Multiprocessor Speedup: 3.00
Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 393 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1296 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 3519 CB-GFX
OpenGL Speedup: 8.96
I was the same up till I plugged my second monitor in. every thing else was plugged in. It slowed just a bit but I will pay that price for the extra desk top space.
CINEBENCH 9.5
Tester : scott g
Processor : sag3's_g5
MHz :
Number of CPUs : 4
Operating System : os x 4.8
Graphics Card : nvidia quadcore 4500
Resolution : 1600x1200 @60 Hz
Color Depth : 32-bit color
Rendering (Single CPU): 383 CB-CPU
Rendering (Multiple CPU): 1179 CB-CPU
Multiprocessor Speedup: 3.08
Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 396 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1301 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 3558 CB-GFX
OpenGL Speedup: 8.98
It seemed pretty fast during the test so now I am wondering if its just me? Maybe I set my expectation too high.
let me know what you think
scott
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Did I make major mistake buying this product? Tungsten E2
Somebody...anybody...if you feel you want to make a difference in somebody's life, and are not sure where to start, please start here and help this poor sucker out with any information you might have.
I recently purchased a Palm Tungsten E2 ("TE2"), and it was a bit of an impulse buy which I didn't think through fully. I blew almost $300 on the thing at BestBuy (not counting the softward upgrade I had to buy so I could convert PDFs and view them on the device), which my wife is already on my case about.
It looks like I made the wrong purchase altogether, but maybe someone can help me understand how to overcome the apparent shortcomings, or understand the advantages of the device a little better (so I can feel better about the purchase, and try and convince my wife I'm not a total idiot-- although that ship has sailed really. Can't blame Palm for that). Solving some of these problems could well preserve my marriage and really improve the overall quality of life of the family.
1. The TE2 doesn't appear to be able to be recognized as a simple USB storage device on a Windows PC (which is what I use at work). So I can't move any info back and forth without loading up the PalmOne software (let alone opening and reading office files or PDF's). At work, they won't allow me to load that software, because they're afraid I could accidentally introduce a virus or compromise confidential customer data stored on the network. So I can't do away with my flash drive-- I still need to keep it with me and copy anything to it that I want to take home, convert and load up to the PDA there.
2. The TE2 doesn't appear to have the capability of storing MP3 files without the purchase of an additional SD card (whatever that is...some kind of memory card? can you tell I'm illiterate? And did I tell you I've already spent plenty of dough?). I really love music, and I would love to be able to just play MP3's from the thing without spending another hard-earned cent.
3. The TE2 can't connect to the internet wirelessly (or by wire, to my knowledge), unless you count blue tooth connection to a compatible cellular phone or PC or laptop with blue-tooth adapter (within 10 or 15 feet of where you're standing). If I'm within fifteen feet of such a device, why not just log onto that device and browse that way? Why bother trying to figure out if it's compatible/blue-tooth capable? And if I'm within 15 feet of my home PC, I might as well just plug in via USB port to "hot-sync", instead of blue tooth. I mean, I'm right there anyway, so what's the point? So I can't just pull out my TE2 and check the weather, or movie showtimes, or mapquest.
4. To make efficient use of my contacts on the TE2, I would need a telephone with blue tooth feature, which I don't currently have. (Same for web surfing.) So that's more expense, and even then I'm working with 2 devices. (Although I'm told it can be frustrating to do things on a blackberry while you're in a telephone conversation. So writing down honey-do lists would still be easier on the TE2.)
5. In order to share/"beam" any files to my wife's handheld (when she purchases one-- she hasn't yet), she would have to have a compatible one, I think. But so far she's not impressed, so I wonder if she'll even buy a Palm product.
6. In a real life writing situation, when I'm not staring at the device and concentrating on every stroke of the stylus, I get about a 50% success rate, as far as the device recognizing the letters I print (very frustrating). I'm trying to go paperless and ramp up my personal efficiency, but my wife is rolling her eyes and I'm starting to stress her out. By the time I get her to-do-list down (and it's usually sizeable), she has forgotten the rest of what she wanted to put on the list. You may think that works to my benefit, but not so-- not in the long run. There does not appear to be a way to 'train' the device to recognize the way I draw an 'r' when I'm in a hurry. It just let's you pick one or two pre-set variations on how to write a handful of letters or symbols.
7. By the time I get a PDF loaded to the PalmOne software at home, or god-help-me if I've scanned a document on my HP (a 15 minute process in itself, minimum for one page even) and then 'hot-sync'd', I've waited about as long as I can bare to wait. But the converted pdf pages take over 15 seconds to load just to view, even if already on the TE2. (Like if I'm on page one, finish, and go to page 2, that transition takes over 15 seconds). In this day and age, 15 seconds to load a single page is actually a long time. There is no high-speed toggling back and forth, so you better really be done with that page. It'll take you another 15 seconds if you change your mind. I never realized how awkward 15 minutes of waiting can be, when you're trying to justify a purchase.
8. Ideally I can work on converted excel and word files on the TE2, but then I can't just walk into work and transfer that to my PC, unless I have the PalmOne software loaded at work-- which as I stated was a no-no.
9. The entire owner's manual should just automatically come as an e-book loaded on the device, but it doesn't. I have to get to a PC and go surfing in order to read up on how to do anything on this device, and it's really cumbersome (because I have a lot of kids, and there's just no time to do anything...).
10. I bought the geek-squad protection from BestBuy, and out of the gate they appear to have given me bad info.
Anyway, anyone care to field some of these concerns, and help get me on track to increased productivity and happier marriage with some helpful hints? Anything to avoid more hardship and heartbreak would also be good. Oh, and sorry I sounded whiny...
Thanks!
DBB
Post relates to: Tungsten E2I blew almost $300 on the thing at BestBuy (not counting the softward upgrade I had to buy so I could convert PDFs and view them on the device), which my wife is already on my case about.
...maybe someone can help me understand how to overcome the apparent shortcomings, or understand the advantages of the device a little better (so I can feel better about the purchase, and try and convince my wife I'm not a total idiot-- although that ship has sailed really...).
That sounds pretty harsh, unless you have been doing *other* things to antagonize your Spousal Unit. You are among friends here, where purchasing a Palm handheld is presumptive evidence of one's intelligence and good judgment (not to mention good looks). Even "impulse purchases" are usually made for at least one good reason, even if it's only: "I've always wanted one of those..."
Curious what they added to the $199 E2 to make it come out to $300? And what software did you purchase to view PDFs? The E2 comes with Adobe Reader for Palm (more below). If you are referring to upgraded Documents To Go, PDF files require no conversion for viewing on the handheld.
1. The TE2 doesn't appear to be able to be recognized as a simple USB storage device on a Windows PC (which is what I use at work). So I can't move any info back and forth without loading up the PalmOne software (let alone opening and reading office files or PDF's). At work, they won't allow me to load that software, because they're afraid I could accidentally introduce a virus or compromise confidential customer data stored on the network. So I can't do away with my flash drive-- I still need to keep it with me and copy anything to it that I want to take home, convert and load up to the PDA there.
That is correct, you cannot simply plug the E2 into any old computer with a USB cable if the Palm Desktop software isn't installed, at least out of the box. The older (and discontinued) T5 and also the LifeDrive used to have this capability which was called "Drive Mode." There are third-party software alternatives such as http://www.softick.com/cardexport2/ which will let a SD card inserted in your E2 to be read as any other external storage card. It is a "try before you buy" application, so you can give it a test drive for free. I have not used it, and I think there are also others.
2. The TE2 doesn't appear to have the capability of storing MP3 files without the purchase of an additional SD card (whatever that is...some kind of memory card? can you tell I'm illiterate? And did I tell you I've already spent plenty of dough?). I really love music, and I would love to be able to just play MP3's from the thing without spending another hard-earned cent.
That is also correct...you will need a SD card to load .mp3 files for playback. They are ridiculously inexpensive these days, compared with what they used to cost, at least. For your E2, you need a 1GB maximum size, regular, plain-jane SD card, not a SDHC (high capacity) card. Shouldn't cost more than $15.
3. The TE2 can't connect to the internet wirelessly (or by wire, to my knowledge), unless you count blue tooth connection to a compatible cellular phone or PC or laptop with blue-tooth adapter (within 10 or 15 feet of where you're standing). If I'm within fifteen feet of such a device, why not just log onto that device and browse that way? Why bother trying to figure out if it's compatible/blue-tooth capable? And if I'm within 15 feet of my home PC, I might as well just plug in via USB port to "hot-sync", instead of blue tooth. I mean, I'm right there anyway, so what's the point? So I can't just pull out my TE2 and check the weather, or movie showtimes, or mapquest.
If you do have a Bluetooth phone, and a carrier that allows this connectivity, you can use your E2 anywhere you have a cell phone signal to browse the internet and check email. Now, you are correct that if your phone is already so enabled, you *can* just do those things on your phone without having to go through the setup, etc. But many people think the email and web functionality of the E2 is pretty superior to what you get on most cell phones. If it's Wi-Fi you want, you can get a Palm Wi-Fi card. It is apparently a discontinued item, but still available at many online vendors including amazon.
4. To make efficient use of my contacts on the TE2, I would need a telephone with blue tooth feature, which I don't currently have. (Same for web surfing.) So that's more expense, and even then I'm working with 2 devices. (Although I'm told it can be frustrating to do things on a blackberry while you're in a telephone conversation. So writing down honey-do lists would still be easier on the TE2.)
All depends on what you need to be able to do. I have a Centro smartphone now, but I also have a couple of TX handhelds (two being better than one ) , and if one of them is handy I use the Contacts database all the time to look up people and places. Depending on the phone, you might also be able to sync contacts between your phone and E2 using Bluetooth.
5. In order to share/"beam" any files to my wife's handheld (when she purchases one-- she hasn't yet), she would have to have a compatible one, I think. But so far she's not impressed, so I wonder if she'll even buy a Palm product.
Tough call, trying to impress the unimpressed (or unimpressable) Spousal Unit. I've been there for years, and long ago stopped trying. I do like to show her up every now and then when I can search for movie information on my Palms with Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide much, much faster than she can with that 4" thick book. That said, any Palm handheld, even an old used one, will be able to share contact and calendar info with your new E2 via IR beaming. There is also a third-party application called SyncUs which lets multiple users with separate Hotsync IDs synchronize selected databases using the desktop Hotsync...perfect for families who need to share contact or calendar info.
6. In a real life writing situation, when I'm not staring at the device and concentrating on every stroke of the stylus, I get about a 50% success rate, as far as the device recognizing the letters I print (very frustrating). I'm trying to go paperless and ramp up my personal efficiency, but my wife is rolling her eyes and I'm starting to stress her out. By the time I get her to-do-list down (and it's usually sizeable), she has forgotten the rest of what she wanted to put on the list. You may think that works to my benefit, but not so-- not in the long run. There does not appear to be a way to 'train' the device to recognize the way I draw an 'r' when I'm in a hurry. It just let's you pick one or two pre-set variations on how to write a handful of letters or symbols.
Graffiti is something that you can get pretty good at over time. Are you using a screen protector? Some of them can either make Graffiti stroke recognition better or worse. The ones I like the best are the hard plastic "ClearTouch" ones from Boxwave. There are also a few "word completion" applications out there which will pop up suggested words when you start entering characters. On my Centro I use TextPlus which I think will also work for graffiti-input.
Some people swear by the "virtual" on-screen keyboard in lieu of graffiti data entry. In addition to the built-in one, there are third-party virtual keyboards which are configurable. I tried one and didn't particularly care for it.
A wireless keyboard is also an excellent option for longer data-entering chores like editing documents or longer memos. Either the Palm Universal Wireless Keyboard (uses the IR port) or the Palm Bluetooth Keyboard would work well for you.
But the rolling of the eyes thing is a sign of disrespect, which is a learned behavior and all too prevalent among wives these days. Does your wife watch a lot of TV shows and commercials where the wife and children are the intelligent, worldly, sophisticated and attractive people who add to society, while the husband is nothing but a clueless dolt and an object of scorn and ridicule whose only value is the income he brings home? They should let me write for TV. But I digress...
7. By the time I get a PDF loaded to the PalmOne software at home, or god-help-me if I've scanned a document on my HP (a 15 minute process in itself, minimum for one page even) and then 'hot-sync'd', I've waited about as long as I can bare to wait. But the converted pdf pages take over 15 seconds to load just to view, even if already on the TE2. (Like if I'm on page one, finish, and go to page 2, that transition takes over 15 seconds). In this day and age, 15 seconds to load a single page is actually a long time. There is no high-speed toggling back and forth, so you better really be done with that page. It'll take you another 15 seconds if you change your mind. I never realized how awkward 15 minutes of waiting can be, when you're trying to justify a purchase.
Adobe Reader for Palm is an old and outdated application. Try the freeware PalmPDF which gets mostly rave reviews here and elsewhere, and does *not* require conversion on your desktop first. Another application which can read "native" pdf files (i.e. without conversion) is the current version of Documents To Go, which is a $30 (I think) paid upgrade from the version which comes with the E2.
8. Ideally I can work on converted excel and word files on the TE2, but then I can't just walk into work and transfer that to my PC, unless I have the PalmOne software loaded at work-- which as I stated was a no-no.
Well, you can move the files to your PC if you have a USB SD card reader. Make sure the files are on the card. Pop the card into a card reader, plug it into your PC, and off you go. You could also email the file to yourself at work from the E2 (requires wireless email, discussed above), or Bluetooth it to your PC if your PC is Bluetooth-enabled.
9. The entire owner's manual should just automatically come as an e-book loaded on the device, but it doesn't. I have to get to a PC and go surfing in order to read up on how to do anything on this device, and it's really cumbersome (because I have a lot of kids, and there's just no time to do anything...).
You can put the owners manual onto a SD card if you want. It comes as a .pdf on the installation disc, and is also downloadable from the E2 support site. It's a pretty large file and reading it/navigating around it on the E2 might be a little clunky, even with PalmPDF or Documents To Go v.10. I would not even *try* using Adobe Reader for Palm to put it onto the E2 that way.
10. I bought the geek-squad protection from BestBuy, and out of the gate they appear to have given me bad info.
I don't know exactly what that gets you. What did they say it was, and how much did that cost you? If it includes an extended warranty, then maybe there's some benefit.
Anyway, anyone care to field some of these concerns, and help get me on track to increased productivity and happier marriage with some helpful hints? Anything to avoid more hardship and heartbreak would also be good. Oh, and sorry I sounded whiny...
Hope some of this helps. Do you have an idea of what other types of things you'd like to do with your E2. There are many more things you can do with the E2, you probably haven't scratched the surface yet. It doesn't sound like many of them would help your relationship with the Spousal Unit, as I am guessing that she is already predisposed against anything cool like Palm PDAs. It is a heavy burden which many of us share, but most of us learn to manage. If you really want to impress her, you can show her how your new E2 can also double as a replacement remote control for your TV, stereo, cable, etc. Most wives really go for that extra functionality.
If I were to give any piece of unsolicited advice (it being much easier to risk someone else's life than one's own, and spend someone else's money than one's own), you might consider trying to navigate your way into a Palm TX instead of the E2. Do you have return privileges at BestBuy if you don't like the E2? If so, I'd jump on it, spring for the TX (bigger screen, more memory, built-in Wi-Fi), and gird yourself for whatever tongue-lashing you'll get. It'll be worth it.
Good luck. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.
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Everytime I try to use the option sync manual it wants me to erase everything.
Please helpThe iPhone can be synced to one and only one computer at a time. Before you "marry" it to your new computer, be sure your new computer contains all the old computer's information. When you sync the iPhone to a new computer, it will be erased first. Then, whatever is on your iTunes Library will be synced to the iPhone.
Read: iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
You can also copy its previous backup from the old computer to the new one, then "restore from backup".
From iTunes: About iOS backups
Where iTunes backups are stored on your computer
The folder where your backup data are stored varies depending on the computer's operating system. Make sure the backup folder is included in your periodic data-backup routine.
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: To quickly access the Application Data folder, click Start, and choose Run. Type %appdata% and click OK.
Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: To quickly access the AppData folder, click Start. In the search bar, type %appdata% and press the Return key. -
"An iPhone has previously been synced with this computer ..."
Hi
I synced my iPhone 3GS on my PC (running Vista) yesterday, and it dropped a couple of error messages (-46 being one). No problems, I thought, I'll try again. Still failed. Unplugged everything, try again - now says "An iPhone has previously been synced with this computer, set up as new iPhone or Restore from backup".
This is a huge problem - my PC and IPhone combo don't like each other, and the last time I tried to upgrade the firmware it failed and forced me to restore which also failed. The only way I could get my iPhone back was to use another PC which was running XP. Consequently there is no way I am restoring my phone off my main PC (as it won't work), and I don't want to set up as new phone, as I'll presumably lose all my data (messages, notes, voice memos, etc). I plan to back up the phone on my laptop, just in case, and I've made copies of the backups on my main PC, but any ideas how I can make my PC realise that it actually already knows my phone?
We do have two iphones which we sync on this PC, and it's never played up like this before. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
---Hi Allan, thanks for your reply! Thanks also for the link.
I did look to do what you suggested, but unfortunately the only option it gives me now on right-click is "eject" (both on PC, which is what I sync with and also my laptop, which has met this phone once before). My phone seems to be telling the computers that it's a virgin new phone, rather than one I've been using for several months.
I'm just hoping that the last backup on iTunes for my phone is complete - ie not corrupted during the last sync that appears to have corrupted my phone. At some point I will have to bite the bullet and let it restore from backup. Can I copy the backup files from my PC to my laptop ?
Cheers,
Bernie -
"An iPhone has been previously synced with this computer" error on sync
I recently resurrected an old original iPhone to use as an iPod touch (no phone contract) and started syncing it to my home Mac Mini, which is where I sync nearly all of my iPhone 3G data from. I can't honestly say which was the last iPhone to successfully sync, but I just docked my iPhone 3G for the first time in a few weeks and got an error, "An iPhone has been previously synced with this computer". It's only allowing me to either set it up as a new phone, or to restore from either my 2G or 3G iPhone backup.
I don't want to restore; I've added a load of apps, notes, photos, etc since the last archive on that Mac Mini.
NOTE: This home Mac Mini syncs all the iPod content to my 3G. My MacBook Pro syncs the Pictures to the 3G. And all calendar/contact data is synced OTA (over the air).
(I have been regularly syncing/backing up to my MacBook Pro while I've been on the road. So I do have a valid archive on that system.)
I don't understand why I'm getting this error. It's almost as if I can't sync multiple iPhones to the same computer, but AFAIK that's not correct.
I suppose I could move an archive from the MBP over to the Mini and restore from a valid archive, but that seems obtuse.
What would cause this error? I can't update my music/tv/podcasts on here until I get this sorted out… bugger!
thanks
-Josephpraxxis wrote:
Thank you for your response will2b but I am looking for a solution for the problem that I cannot sync the same phone with the same computer I have been for a couple of months now. It shouldn't matter that I did not sync my phone for a couple of weeks. I should still be able to sync the same phone to the same computer. This is obviously some kind of software glitch and I am looking for a solution.
some advice from blacksheepia:
I had been having issues with having good reception in a suburb within close proximity to Los Angeles. Called ATT and they were able to synchronize my phone while I am at home to a closer cell site and that has improved things a great deal. Also I was told that you should turn the phone off at a minimum of once a week and if possible more times to reset it and give it time to rest and cool off. The other thing I have discovered may be the actual way that the phone is constructed. Today I was using it at home in the same room and noticed the bars go down and come up when I changed how I held it. I thought their was no possible way that it could be that simple, but after changing the way I held it 5 times alternating from gripping my whole hand around the back with my palm and just finger gripping from the sides and making sure I was not blocking the back of the phone, well as much as possible, the results were that I had 4 to 5 bars of reception. Now this may seem crazy, but there is a possibility that this could be the cause of bad reception if the antenna is in the back shell of the phone and by blocking it with your palm you could interfere with the reception. Crazy I know, but I have heard of much crazier things with new phones and technology. -
Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer
When will I be able to upgrade my Mac Pro to Mountain Lion:
2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, Memory 13gb 667 MHz DR2 FB-DIMM, 64GB free disk (system), 1TB free other disks, computer age mid 2007, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5.
As of 11/28/12: Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer.I installed Windows 8 Pro on a PC, quickly shutdown and walked it over to my Mac Pro 1,1.
5365s are 8-core and Geekbench in the 8000 pts range.
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I agree running native beats running VM
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