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Poor Java performance vs Lion

Hello,


There's an electronics forum thread concerned with what is essentially very poor Java performance on SL vs Lion: a 2009 Quad Xeon Mac Pro with 16GB of RAM (running SL) performs 30 times slower than a 2006 Core 2 Duo MacBook (running Lion).


The application in question is the Arduino IDE.


Does anyone have the slightest idea what could be causing this?

Posted on Jun 11, 2012 12:07 AM

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Jun 11, 2012 6:29 AM in response to Nawyecky

The person in question may need to update to 10.6.8 or 10.7.3 or later and apply the Flashback patch.

The program in question may need to be updated to deal with the Flashback patch. 10.7.0, 10.7.1, and 10.7.2 are not protected from the Malware and Apple's recommended procedure for those with 10.5.7 or earlier, 10.6 to 10.6.7, or 10.7.0, 10.7.1, 10.7.2 without the ability to update due to applications not being compatible with 10.5.8, 10.6.8, or 10.7.3 or later, is to disable Java. Sadly this leaves many Java applications in a lurch with a need to work around the auto-execution bug that the Flashback malware has created.

Jun 11, 2012 7:52 AM in response to Nawyecky

Does anyone have the slightest idea what could be causing this?

From reading through the entire thread in that forum, it seems most likely that some Java support file on that specific Mac Pro was corrupted (since others were reporting no significant differences between Lion & Snow Leopard). The OP "fixed" the problem by adding a Java 1.5 package. Reinstalling the current 1.6 package probably would have done the same thing.

Poor Java performance vs Lion

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