Simcity 4 and OS 10.4

Since I upgraded to OS 10.4 my simcity 4 operates so slowly as to be unplayable. Any suggestions on a fix for this?
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

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I have the same problem, though rest assured, I know someone else with a G5 who has succeeded using it. Find out where all its files are stored, and install it from scratch. I suspect data corruption. Just haven't gotten around to finding all the files. If you find which those are, please let me know.

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It's been a while since I've visited the forums
So I'll be moving to Bahrain in about 10 months and I'll be there for a year with the military. I don't anticipate deploying any further than Bahrain, but that's always a consideration afloat.
But I want to upgrade my MB with a MBP - the question is should I get a 15" or 17".
I use Aperture extensively and have found the MB and iMac lacking recently. I also love SimCity and that's not been doing well on either platform at all!
If I get the 15" I was thinking about getting a display but wouldn't quite yet with the 17" but that wouldn't be a bad idea.
I'd be keen to know some of your thoughts.

Thanks for the responses...
I'm still deciding - but I will wait to look at the new 17" MBP before I plunge.
One thing I find fantastic is the ease of switching out a hard drive on the 15" - just open a panel and slide it in. How easy would it be to do on the new 17" MBP?
Does anyone know if the 15" 'unofficially' supports up to 8GB of RAM? That's another consideration I hadn't thought about until just now looking over the tech specs.
I just don't know!
Pros for 17:
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-512MB Graphics Memory
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Pros for 15:
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2. If still not working, restore the phone in iTunes - first from a backup and if necessary as a new iPhone.
3. If none of the above helps, you need to get warranty service for a possible hardware problem. In the USA, this is done by appointment with an Apple Store Genius Bar. (I don't know who provides virtual warranty service in you location, Sim City.)

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Quote from: Svet on 13-April-13, 21:08:47
do you play it on extended screen via HDMI?
also have you tried to lower in game details? too high resolutions and graphic options will cause the same lag
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Earlier today, I went to the Apple Store and bought the box set recommended to me for upgrading the system software to 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
The iMac's optical drive will not read the disc containing the Snow Leopard upgrade. To make sure that it wasn't completely hosed, I tested it with some other discs that I have. It was able to accept and read discs such as the one for SimCity and Civilization, as well as Microsoft Office and Quicken. A random sample of my audio CDs revealed the iMac will read them without difficulty. However, I observed that some of the DVD-ROMs that I have burned in the past to archive my photos are no longer accepted, nor will it accept a random sample of any of the commerically produced DVDs that I have.
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I have been in contact with Aspyr tech support for 3 months now. It's a long story, so please bear with me ...
The issue: SimCity 4 became unplayable after updating to 10.4.3 on my 12" PowerBook (10.4.4 is the same). The game will launch, but plays extremely, unplayably slow, and is riddled with graphics anomalies. Yes, I am aware of the speed/graphics difficulties with this game as reported in the past; this issue is different, clearly some sort of bug. The game did play normally up to and including 10.4.2.
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Aspyr has told me that because they have not received enough complaints about this admitted bug, they have prioritized it as 'low' and will not 'move it up the priority list' (and publish a patch) unless they hear from more disgruntled users.
So, if you're out there, please write to Aspyr, using the form at support.aspyr.com. I'm not asking anyone to lie; hopefully, posting this will lead to some legitimate responses, light a fire under Aspyr, and get this fixed. This is not an altogether unwarranted hope, they have encouraged my suggestion to do this.
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