I've been asked how the new MacBook Air handles Logos 4, so I shot a video while I was also video taping my review of the computer for the site I write for. Here is the video:
http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/1095
Kevin,
When I try to play the video, it tells me it's a private video. Fixed
Thanks Kevin! I really appreciate the demo. Looks like it runs pretty well.
I'm running Logos 4 on a new MacBook Air. 13". 1.83GHZ. 2GB RAM. 256 GB SSD.
It runs very nicely. A teensy bit of lag from my desktop machine, but not much.
Indexing aside, I would suspect that any lag caused by the slower processor on the new Air will be more than compensated for by the high performance of the SSD.
I played with the Air for a while, and for general office work, almost everything on the Air runs faster. It boots faster, launches programs faster, loads files faster. Anything that relies upon heavy disk reads will just fly on the Air (no pun intended).
Not recommended, however, for anyone doing photography or similarly processor-intensive work.
After a few more days of use, the MBA handles Logos OK. But this is not a very fast program. I'm not sure if it is Logos or the computer or the combo. All of my other software is fast. I use MS Office 2011, iWord, iLife, Chrome and a few others. Also tried a couple of other Bible programs through WINE, and Logos is the slowest running application on my MBA. Again, it is adequate, but not as fast as Logos on Windows or my other software on the MBA. I'm running the latest beta.
Yeah, that sounds like a common experience with most Logos Mac users (myself included), so I imagine it is a software issue. Hopefully things will speed up with continued tweaks and updates. Fingers crossed.
This is the current nature of Logos/Mac. I don't mean that as criticism. It's just the way things are right now. It's undeniably slower than the Windows version on similar spec'd hardware. Moreover, when not plugged in, Logos runs down a Mac's batteries significantly faster than when running other software. I can only assume that the software has not been fully optimized for speed and power use on the Mac.
I can only assume that the software has not been fully optimized for speed and power use on the Mac.
Power usage is basically a function of CPU utilization. Any software that makes heavy use of your CPU is going to negatively impact battery life.
