Hi Diana Does Graham use desktop widgets and utilities? I agree with Ronni that a lack of RAM would exacerbate the connectivity problem. On my old computer I had similar slow web page loading (the Apple and iiNet sites were the worst!) Little things like a Resources Monitor and the Yahoo weather and stock exchange widgets just sit quietly in RAM doing their thing - but consume precious memory.
My feeling is that other potential RAM-eaters are applications that are "on" but minimised. I (usually) completely quit apps that I will not be using during the day. Regards, Alan -----Original Message----- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Diana & Graham Stevens Sent: Monday, 4 January 2010 1:44 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: G5 iMac Lack of Connectivity Hi Ronda Yes I did, and I tried Safe Boot which was very slow to start up and showed no improvement in connectivity. I was not sure how relevant the messages were as Lloyd was referring to Snow Leopard and Graham uses Leopard. We bought the iMac on 23/11/04 and it is described as M9249X/A, I have no idea what that means. The lack of RAM means that it is slow to start up but once there the applications seem to run normally. Originally the iMac was running Panther but he was forced to upgrade because there were no Browsers which worked with the Banks etc. When Leopard was first installed all was well and he was very happy with Firefox but recently it has stopped working. I have worked out that the bits of the iinet Home Page that don't load are the ones which are not local like the news and weather, I don't know whether this is significant. He probably needs a new computer but cash is a bit of a problem for us self-funded retirees, and the ducted air-conditioning (which is 12 years old) has just failed and now we are waiting in trepidation for the repair man to come! On New Year's day Graham was unwell and I said blithely "it will be all up from here in 2010", I should remember to walk humbly before the gods! A belated Happy New Year to the list and I must remember to pay my sub! Diana >Hi Diana, > >Have you read yesterdays posts Subject: SLOW Leopard? >Especially James Devenish last reply. > >The lack of RAM would be attributing to the slowness. >Plus, older drives are significantly slower than current drives. >But, it certainly sounds "sick" ... > >How old is this iMac, 2003 / 2004 model? > >Cheers, >Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.124/2597 - Release Date: 01/03/10 17:41:00 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
