[macvoiceover] Re: Snow Lepoard seens slow

  • From: Blake Sinnett <frequency660@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:32:34 -0500

Hi Jim,

 

I've never had that happen. Perhaps the firmware update fixed that very problem.

 

Blake
 
> From: jimfettgather@xxxxxxxxx
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Snow Lepoard seens slow
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:07:48 -0500
> 
> I am replying to my own message.
> Honest, this 2 GB machine was slow as molasses, it was unuseable, it would 
> take 40 or 50 seconds for some web pages to load, and Itunes and other 
> applications were slow slow slow and jerky.
> I worked with the machine for a couple of hours trying to figure out what 
> was happening.
> All of a sudden, a message pops up on screen, about a blue tooth firmware 
> update, so i grudgingly agree to do the update, I have no bluetooth devices 
> in the vicinity nor do I plan to use any.
> 
> The machine restarts, and it is now blazing fast, unbelievably fast, faster 
> than any of the Windows machines I have ever used
> 
> I have not ever read about this, could someone perhaps explain what 
> happened?
> Has this happened to anyone?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Fettgather" <jimfettgather@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:16 PM
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Snow Lepoard seens slow
> 
> 
> >I upgraded a 1 GB Mac Mini from Lepoard to Snow Lepoard, and it seemed 
> >sluggish on the web.
> > For example, it took 15 seconds for
> > www.icanworkthisthing.com
> > to load.
> >
> > Also, Itunes is sluggish, I'm constantly getting the Itunes, busy message.
> > I was really upset about this, so I went out today and bought a 2 GB Mac 
> > Mini, it came with lepoard, so i immediately upgraded it to snow lepoard.
> > It is still strangely slow and sluggish, with web pages taking 15 to 20 
> > seconds to load, and Itunes, pausing after each key press, for a second or 
> > two, with that Itunes, busy message.
> >
> > What in the heck am I doing wrong to cause these machines to become 
> > sluggish?
> > Is there a more efficient way to upgrade, and how can it be done?
> > This is driving me crazy.
> >
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