Well the RAM amount is possible, I know it needs more... but it has worked great for 1.5 years until about 2 weeks ago this started. (And will Dad want to spend $70, hmm...) This is really really really slow - I'm talking slower than my old Sawtooth, 10.4.11 with 384 MB! Maybe the install is old with age? I'd hate to have to do a clean install. Plus 10.6 doesn't work with some of our software, so... Other than those, anything else that could be bogging me down? Thanks, Dan
On Apr 11, 1:34 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Dan Ziegler wrote: > > > April 2008 iMac Penryn > > 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo > > 1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 <<<<<<<<<<<Ding Ding Ding! > > Right there is part of your problem, most likely. 1GB RAM is far too low. I'd > kick that to 4 at least. > > <http://www.datamemorysystems.com/_apple_info/Apple_Aluminum_Intel_Cor...> > > Also if it is right at 45 minute intervals, something's happening every 45 > minutes to cause this problem. On my old RAM-starved Core Duo iMac, Time > Machine would do this, particularly if I was brave enough to be running a > Windows VM. > > I'll wager that kicking up the RAM to a reasonable amount will help. > > Also, upgrade that system posthaste to 10.6, that makes Intel systems run a > lot better. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
