Hi, What are the specs on the iMac? I’m guessing that it probably has a spinning HD as opposed to the MBA’s Flash storage. Flash storage has considerably faster access than any spinning HD, especially if the spinning HD is only 5400 RPM’s. Depending on the model of the iMac, the default RAM could be around 8 GB which should not exhibit choppy speech like you’ve mentioned. I use VO on some older iMacs when setting these machines up at my work, and they are slower at starting, slower at logging in but once everything in the background has finished doing its thing, VO works normally. Make sure that you have the checkbox unchecked to re-open windows/applications when logging back in. This box is visible when you go to logout. Also, make sure you don’t have any apps set to automatically open as this can slow down the startup process as well. There are enough processes going on in the background as it is during startup and login that make it feel slow that adding extra things simply prolong the wait.
HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jan 14, 2015, at 20:29, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As some of you may remember, my employer has purchased an iMac for me. I am > sorry to say it, but I've been incredibly disappointed in the iMac. I had > expected it to perform better than my MBA, but the opposite seems to be the > case. It boots very slowly, and voiceover cuts in and out after the boot > process for a couple of minutes. the wireless connectivity also seems weaker > than on my MBA. It also seems more sluggish overall - apps take longer to > open, documents and websites take longer to load. Long and short, I'd never > choose it over my MBA if it weren't my work computer. I'm wondering if > anyone else has observed similar behavior? If so, any strategies for > troubleshooting? I'm thinking of adding more memory, in the hope that that > will speed up the boot time and get rid of VO dragging. > Cheers, > Donna > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
