I recently installed Tiger on my mac G4 800Mhz (768 MB RAM) and started using the system for home use. For some reason the performance is terrible. I am not sure if it has to do with some of the software that I have removed (ProTools) and recently installed (OpenOffice), but it takes a good 5-10 seconds to open apps and do anything. Is there a utility I can run to see if the CPU and RAM is being maxed out or is it an issue with Tiger?
2007-09-29 08:49:07 · 5 answers · asked by rothchristian 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Thanks for the mostly helpful info (except for the snide comments). i have Panther here. Is it easy or worth it to go back to that OS? I don't want to put any more money into this computer. Thanks!
2007-09-29 09:17:03 · update #1
Memory Ram , is to low...!! you need more memory to launch or your heavy softwares w/o issues
2007-09-29 08:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by Hansel Jr 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some apps, such as Photoshop, will take that long with your old Mac. Try opening Preview. How fast it is? It is not likely to be an issue with CPU or RAM or software installed unless you have installed something that gets loaded at startup and uses up a lot of RAM. The likely two possible causes are not enough drive space (needs at least 2GB of free space) or drive corruption. Boot to the OS DVD and run Disk Utility. See if it finds problems and repairs them fully (run it again after the repair).
If it still runs slowly, restart while holding shift for at least one minute. See if that makes it speed up. If so, there is some software installed that loads at startup and slows down the system. Go to System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items. Remove everything in that list and restart.
2007-10-02 10:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ram upgrade, but also what would you expect its a mac
2007-09-29 15:53:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here ya go:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/
Free util that will put your CPU, mem usage etc etc in the menu bar...
2007-09-29 15:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you expect? It's a Mac.
2007-09-29 15:51:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋