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    Leopard performance problems

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by gms238, Dec 24, 2007.

  1. gms238

    gms238 Notebook Consultant

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    I installed Leopard on my MBP (2.16 ghz, C2D, purchased June 2007) and have noticed a problem with the performance of the laptop after installation. With Tiger it zipped open, everthing seemed to be a lot faster. Now that Leopard is on it definitely takes longer ot open and things just don't open as quick.

    Is this a problem with my laptop or is this a normal problem with Leopard?
     
    gms238, Dec 24, 2007
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  2. CanadianDude

    CanadianDude Notebook Deity

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    Thats weird, I have the exact same model as you purchases in april, and i installed leopard just a few days ago and it seemed slighly faster for me.

    Did you do choose the erase and install option? if not, you might want to try that option this time and see how it goes.
     
    CanadianDude, Dec 24, 2007
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  3. Sahin

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    I don't think this is normal get it checked because it ain't like vista where it needs whole new system.
     
    Sahin, Dec 25, 2007
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    How long have you had your computer on since installing Leopard? Leopard takes a while to index your HD, which might explain why you are experiencing a performance loss. Check System Preferences to see if there are any tasks taking up plenty of CPU time, or doing plenty of I/O reads/writes.
    Another possibility could be that Time Machine is busy copying files over to your external USB device, which could eat up CPU as USB is CPU dependent.
     
    Budding, Dec 25, 2007
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  5. gms238

    gms238 Notebook Consultant

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    >How long have you had your computer on since installing Leopard? Leopard >takes a while to index your HD, which might explain why you are >experiencing a performance loss. Check System Preferences to see if there >are any tasks taking up plenty of CPU time, or doing plenty of I/O >reads/writes.
    >Another possibility could be that Time Machine is busy copying files over to >your external USB device, which could eat up CPU as USB is CPU dependent.

    Well, there must have been some indexing going on, or something, because everything is zipping right along now. Actually, I restarted things twice, and the second time things were back to normal. I was really scared that I was going to be cursed to the performance times of my Windows days. Thankfully, that's not the case - things are back to my wonderful Mac times...
     
    gms238, Dec 25, 2007
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Mine has been slightly quicker. As others have said, it will take a while for Leopard to index the hard drive for Spotlight.
     
    cashmonee, Dec 26, 2007
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  7. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    yeah leopard was definitely faster for me also. not sure by how much exactly but the difference was clear.
     
    masterchef341, Dec 26, 2007
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