Any other professional mac users notice appalling memory management issues in latest OSX?

Question

I use Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator all day long in rotation. When I tried a mac mini, its way of handling memory shortrun was to quietly let the applications not in use crash in the background. This was inconvenient, but at least honest. You knew what to expect consistently.

Now, with a dual processor G5/Intel core, I find memory issues making themselves known in very random ways. A window will freeze open and stay up, on an application that shows up as closed when you check the dock or the force quit dialog box. And application menu bars, across the top of the monitor, disappear even when you can keep using the other tool palettes.

Some I talk to say it's an Adobe issue, which I can believe, as it mainly happens with their programs. But Apple's Preview image viewer, that comes packed with every mac, crashes this weird way too. I would call it a half-crash. I always have to restart to make these windows close, and application menu bar return.

Anyone else have these probs?

Answer 1

I use a Mac mini at home (cant afford a dual G5, yet).
And 4 designers in the pre-press department I manage at work all use Dual Intel G5s, and we dont have the problems you describe.
Like you, we all shift between PS, AI, Indd., Quark, Pitstop, Acrobat, etc in our daily routines.
On occasion we do get (for lack of a better term) "hangs" I guess you could call it. Where a program will stall/hang up for a few (10-30) seconds, normally on quitting from the dock it seems.

As for it being an Adobe issue, now that you mention it, I think you might be on the right track, as it does seem to be the Adobe apps. that seem slow in shuting
But we dont have much in the way of program freezes.

As for Apples Preview, never had that app. quit/freeze on me.

Just my 2 cents, but its something I think I'll keep a closer eye on.