Do non-universal Abbyy OCR versions run faster?

redacted · February 14, 2009, 1:30am

I ask because I later realized that I installed a universal version of Abbyy by mistake. Should I reinstall PB3?

Bill_DeVille · February 14, 2009, 3:19am

I don’t think there’s any speed difference, although the Universal version takes up more disk space.

darwin · February 14, 2009, 5:30pm

What´s the use of choosing between “the version that fits to your mac” and the universal version?

I mean, I´m only interested in the version that fits best to my mac. I will always choose the “fits best to your mac”-version, wether I have an Intel or an PPC. Or do I get something wrong?

Bill_DeVille · February 14, 2009, 5:35pm

I chose the “fits best to my Mac” (Intel), as the file size (and download time) are reduced. During testing, I’ve installed both universal and computer-specific versions, and didn’t observe any difference in performance.

eboehnisch · February 16, 2009, 12:05pm

Some people move or sync their entire home folder between two machines (I do this, for example) and one could be Intel, the other one PowerPC

darwin · February 16, 2009, 12:17pm

ah, okay, thanks.