Hello. I also have an I Mac 20012 with maximum specs and SSD hard drive and would say it’s much faster than my new Mac Mini although the mini is not dual core and half the memory of my IMac.
Kawal. > On 15 Jan 2015, at 11:05 am, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am using an iMac from 2011 and if you have ever listened to any of my > Podcasts you should be able to hear that it is a pretty fast machine. > > However back in 2011 I invested in a 256GB solid state drive and 16 GB of > ram. I have never regretted doing this. > > If your machine is of an even a more recent spec and not performing then > there may be something else wrong. > The biggest factors in slowing Voiceover down for me are > 1. Not using Alex as default voice creates problems. > 2. I have learnt not to use activities. > 3. The number of external drives I have attached makes a difference. If > these multiply then the time the Mac takes to boot increases a lot, > especially if they are slow big drives. > 4. Permissions repair and using clean my Mac also seems to speed up matters. > > Generally I would have a look at what is being loaded at start up to see if > what is being loaded and take out anything you do not need. > > David Griffith > >> On 15/01/2015 03:29, Donna Goodin 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.
