on 10/11/01 12:10 PM, Ron Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi Michael!  Thanks for the advice.  I did write to Motorola and inquire
> about the compatibility issues and they advised that they ahd updated these
> files to make the g-3 and g-4 power pc chips optimize the mathlib and
> strings more efficiently than they did.  I don't know that much about these
> things, but they said they are very easy to install and just as easy to
> uninstall if I did have any problem with them. I run Photoshop Deluxe 6 and
> Photoshop Elements that came with my scanner. I prefer Photoshop elements
> for most of the photo work I do.  but I've brought both up, downloaded
> photos into both and was able to work witout any stalls or freezes in either
> one.  That was a first!  they would freeze even though I allotted more
> memory to them.  When you say to change my applications icon, is that the
> memory link on the apple menu?  I have the virtual memory turned on and
> whenever I've installed new chips, it automatically recognizes it and it
> shows up in the window.  It says pesently I have 896mb of actual mem and 897
> mb of virtual mem.  I don't really know what the virtual memory is for, but
> everything seems to be working fine now so I hate to tinker with it.  Should
> I turn it off and just use the ram memory?  Will that speed things up?  I
> hate to be so ignorant of these things, but since I didn't know very much
> about this machine, I thought I'd not do too many changes to the systems or
> apps until I really got to know it a little better.  I do thank you for your
> advice and I did want you to know that so far these drivers from Motorola
> haven't seemed to cause any problems in Photoshop 6 or Elements.  I did
> notice a huge difference in the way games load and the speed they play at
> and with my email.  some of the html I ws getting took a while to open and
> now it opens within a blink. My programs seem to load up much more quickly
> as well.  I hope I don't start having conflicts, although I did get conflict
> catcher in case I get anything.  Have a wonderful day!  ron
> 
> 
Cool re the driver updates, I WANT,,,, but.....I can't find the motorola
download site, the addr you posted gets motorola but says not there. I
cruised the motorola site but only found downloads for cell phones. Google
didn't help either. Where is it?


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