> On May 5, 2016, at 10:28 PM, GMail Valter Psicof <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Il giorno 05/05/16 23.07, "Eric B. Volker" ha scritto: > >> I still get the beachball fairly often. > This sounds obvious but, how much Ram do you have? > If it's 2 GB or less, I strongly suggest to upgrade to 3 or - better - 4 GB. > > 2 GB are fairly cheap nowadays, and it's often the most "bang for your buck" > upgrade available. I do have 4GB. Swapping one of my 2GB SODIMMS for a 4GB to hit 6GB would cost $80 - $100. That’s too much to spend for an extra 2GB, especially when Activity Monitor doesn’t typically show that I’m out of memory. On this machine, at least, I’ve learned to practice good window hygiene. If I’m done with an app, I close it, rather than leaving 20 different programs running.
> >> I¹m not complaining - it¹s >> amazing that this thing can still run the latest OS. > Which OSX version are you using? > I think you know that, usually, the newer the OS, the slower it is. > If I were you, I wouldn't go past 10.9 on your iMac. > > I have an Early 2009 iMac, and I'm still mainly using OSX 10.6 because it's > the more stable and faster on this machine. > On a secondary partition I have OSX 10.9, for instances where I need to use > some newer app. > I’m running El Capitan. I’m very diligent about running the latest OS and security patches. I don’t want to be a victim. To Adrian, I hear you about wanting something upgradeable. I do have a couple of PCs that are very easy to upgrade. However, even a halfway decent Mac Pro is currently out of my reach. And a G5 is too ancient for my needs. I don’t use my Mac professionally, but I do use it for some gaming. I do have an extra 256GB SSD knocking about that I thought I might apply to the iMac in a relatively painless way. Looks like this fellow had some luck with a slow Mac mini and a Firewire 800 SSD: http://www.macworld.com/article/2907125/use-an-external-ssd-to-make-an-old-mac-feel-new-without-cracking-it-open.html Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
