On Mar 29, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Simon Royal wrote:
> > Bill > > Slow start up can be a lot of things, but I don't think it is RAM. > > Low RAM would cause slow start up but it was also make the whole > machine slow. > > I think you said you were running Leopard, but I don't remember how > much RAM you had. I have 768MB of RAM in Leopard and it isn't slow > to start up or use. > > I would suggest, repair disk permissions and check your start up > items. > > Make sure you have plenty of free space on your drive too. > > Then see. > I used to have slow bootup on my 2 Ghz iMac Aluminum with 1 Gig of RAM. I reinstalled Leopard, and it's good now. I added 2 GB and it's still good! But if you don't have a good backup strategy (I didn't) then don't do it. I used a PC to backup the files btw. Good luck! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
