Hi Ray, That model of MBP is quite easy to upgrade RAM in and doubling your RAM to 8 GB would likely see marked improvement in performance. The upgrade in RAM would also be a fraction of the cost of a new Mini or other Mac. I’ve upgraded a couple of MBP’s this way with SSD’s and maxed out the RAM giving them new life and amazing speed improvements.
Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Oct 25, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Like I said, a 2009 Mac book pro: therefore, No monitor. > > Thanks for susggestion. > > > Sincerely, > the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! > >> On Oct 25, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> If it takes a long time, you may want to repair permissions more than once. >> And if it gives you an error or still is sluggish after repairing >> permissions, maybe do it from another drive or from within your recovery >> partition. I didn't go that far but I did repair permissions two or three >> times and now my only real problem is that sometimes I lose speech and/or >> arrowing usually in mail. Certainly your old mac mini could be the problem >> but given that lots of people are having sluggishness issues I wouldn't make >> that decision too quickly. Also, are you using a monitor? If so, make sure >> it is connected and working. >> >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >> thrown in the trash! >> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >> His joy for my despairing tears! >> And now, every day: >> "This I call to mind, >> and therefore I have hope: >> The steadfast love of the Lord >> never ceases; >> his mercies never come to an end; >> they are new every morning; >> great is your faithfulness." >> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 25, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> But what? The sluggishness is about to drive me batty. I don't see, >>> however, that there is much if anything I can do. Using a Mac book pro >>> from November of 2009 with 4GB ram on it. Already done disk permitions >>> repair and restart. Almost time to really think about getting me a new Mac >>> Mini I reckon. >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! >>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
