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    Laptop slower?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sepandee, Feb 26, 2008.

  1. sepandee

    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    I don't know how or why, but my laptop is definitely running slower than before. It started around a month ago, exactly on the date when my brother upgraded his macbook to 4gb ram (as if it suddenly got jealous). My specs are good: 2.0ghz core 2 duo (it's the previous blackbook), 2gb RAM, 120GB HDD, 5400 RPM). THe laptop's almost 9 months old, and I have 30GB of free space.

    And when I say slower, I mean:
    * The mouse cursor -> colorful circle thing (indicating reading from the HDD) happens too often and for too long.
    * Applications open up much slower, sometimes even firefox tabs.

    ANy ideas how i can isolate the cause of the problem?
     
    sepandee, Feb 26, 2008
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  2. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Safari. It's ALWAYS safari on my machine.
     
    Lysander, Feb 26, 2008
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  3. enter260

    enter260 Notebook Consultant

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    you're saying safari is the reason the laptop is slowing down?

    anyway, try running onyx to see if anything improves.
     
    enter260, Feb 26, 2008
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    MightyAimetti Notebook Consultant

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    is typing a lot slower too? it seems all my programs open at a slower speed and as i type this im about 1 word ahead from what is appearing on my screen its pissing me off. everything seems to be lagging behind. i have macbook pro 2.2 ghz 15inch
     
    MightyAimetti, Feb 26, 2008
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  5. sepandee

    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    no i think my typing is fine. Yup it's not lagging at all, every letter comes as I type it.

    I ran Onyx, will report if things improve.
     
    sepandee, Feb 26, 2008
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