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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