On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote:
I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but
he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was
new. I'm speaking from my limited experience with OS X and its
behavior but running Jaguar on my Lombard (G3/400, 192 MB RAM)
feels more responsive than his Rev. A mini (G4/1.25 GHz, 256 MB
RAM) running Panther. Any help?
Thanks,
Caleb
P.S. I know this is a 'Books only list, but I hope I can be
forgiven for this one transgression.
The Net Nanny might slap your wrists OTOH, as far as I'm concerned,
the Mini is a PowerBook without a monitor or battery. The designs are
that similar. The mini should feel snappier than your Lombard. The
mini I had in my office for tests was snappier than the two iBooks
I'd been working on.
Repairing permissions ain't gonna do anything. I'd get MacJanitor or
a similar program to run the chron based utilities that don't
normally get run since our Macs tend to be asleep or off when they
run. I'd also kill caches.
Finally, look at his auto start utilities and see what he's running
that might explain a sluggish feeling. With the RAM he has he should
be able to run one good-sized program like Word or Photoshop
Elements, or a couple compact programs without the computer feeling
slow.
david
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