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1-Visitor
December 22, 2012
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Mathcad Prime 2.0 Slow

  • December 22, 2012
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Hello,

I finally upgraded from Mathcad 14 to Mathcad Prime 2.0 M010. Why is it so slooooooooooow in every aspect. It's on an HP XW8600 Worksation with Windows 7 Professional 64 bit operating system. I am running the version 4.0 of Microsoft .net and have installed PTC's recommended Microsoft Hotfix for .net 4.0. I've read nothing good about Prime 2.0 and actually only wanted Mathcad 15 but could find no other way to get Mathcad 15. Prime 2.0 doesn't seem useable for anything more than a couple page math calculation document.

Has anybody got Mathcad prime to function successfully? It goes from slow slow slow to "not responding". I've had it swich from draft to page layout mode several times on its own. I cannot spend hours creating math calculations then have it crash. For now I am forced to use Mathcad 15. Any sugestions on fixes for Mathcad Prime 2.0 are greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Mike

6 replies

MichaelH1-Visitor
1-Visitor
December 22, 2012

I suggest posting the worksheet so others can see if it is an error in the worksheet or if it is your computer.

Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
December 22, 2012

I don't think it has anything to do with a specific worksheet. Prime2 simply is so slow with awful responding time - useless crap.

RichardJ19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
December 22, 2012

The behavior described does not sound normal though.

Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
December 23, 2012

The behavior described does not sound normal though.

Yes, that possibly true.

But on the other hand I never tried Prime with longer and more complex worksheets as it was awfully slow and user-unfriendly with the most simple ones. As I understand the poster tried more voluminous sheets and I could easily image Primes behaviour getting even worse.

I must confess that during my tests Prime never switched from draft to layout on its own and that it usually responded eventually, but very often only after an unacceptable long time (and I am speaking of things like marking and/or copying an expression - not complex calculations). So the highly praised userinterface, which, as i understood, was the main reason for developing Mathcad new from scratch, is the problem (at least for me). I never understood why PTC released a product unfinished, incomplete and poor to such a high degree as Version 1.0 and now 2.0.

WE

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