Poor Java/Shockwave performance with Macbook Pro

Hey All, I have a late 2007 MacBook Pro - 2.2ghz C2D (first gen with LED backlit screen). I have problems running internet games. Particularly, I have bad performance with Pogo.com and iSketch.net.

Pogo.com uses Java for its web-based games. I like to play WordWhomp, but it's annoying on my MBP. When I type, there is so much lag that half the time certain keystrokes get dropped. Also, all of the animations on the page are very slow.

iSketch.net is a Shockwave game that is very similar to pictionary. I notice two issues when playing this game: 1. when I'm drawing pictures, if I try to draw a continuous line I get a spinning beachball, which makes it difficult to know exactly where my cursor is, and 2. the game causes my battery to drain in about an hour, versus the usual three hours I get doing various tasks, and causes the computer to become SCORCHING hot.

I know this seems ridiculous, but I'm concerned because my 2.0 C2D PC laptop and 1.6 Pentium M PC laptop both run these games without a hitch and do so with MINIMAL impact on battery life and heat. What gives?

 

Reinstall your browser and browser plug-ins.

 

Which browser are you using?

 

I'm using Firefox. I tried uninstalling and it didn't help. Gross. Firefox works fine with these games on my PCs - even my waaaaaaay old 2.6ghz Pentium 4.

 

i have read a few threads stating that apple's implementation of flash is not that well done in os x. My mac tends to get quite hot when i view youtube videos. This is due to the increase in the cpu load while processing the flash video.

 

I just tried a few of the games you mentioned.... running 10.5.7 and used Safari 4 beta.. they all worked great, none of the problems you mentioned.

 

I'm running the latest Tiger, not Leopard. It's the factory OSX install. Maybe it's finally time to use that Leopard upgrade disc. I must be doing something wrong, because all of these games are running on my slow as heck Atom netbook running WinXP.