Hi Alan For comparison, I have a late 2009 Macbook Pro with the same Processor as yours, 8 GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive with only 47GB free. I have not seen a noticeable slowdown since installing Mountain Lion. Generally it seems to be business as usual. Given my experience I would suspect that your problem may be a software issue.
Hope this helps to give you some comparative info on similar hardware. Regards Shayne On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Hello all > > Getting to grips with the new features of Mountain Lion following my > upgrade from Snow Leopard. > > I find applications are taking an appreciable time (2 to 3 times longer > than expected?) to respond. At this stage I ask WAMUG to monitor their > experience. I don't want to spend time trialling possibilities, or doing a > clean install, just now. Perhaps a trend of evidence will emerge over > time. My iMac is quite workable so it is not urgent to pursue. The Apple > Communities forum has some discussion on this topic but no very clear cause > and direction has emerged. > > The problem may just be the processor. My iMac is late 2009 with basic > specs (21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz) but with 12GB of RAM. 500GB hard > drive has 360GB free. Previously found these specs were not good enough to > drive AirParrot mirroring whereas a similar vintage 27" higher-optioned > iMac had no problems. (I realise my iMac will not handle AirPlay > Mirroring, which is a most desirable feature.) > > I think this also demonstrates the advantages of a solid state drive! > Something to seriously consider for the next new computer - - -. > (Probably no coincidence that Apple have been marketing SSD computers since > Lion.) > > Regards, > Alan > > Alan Smith > iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.8 > iPad2; ATV2 > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
