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
If it was me and I really needed a faster machine on a budget I would ask
here on LEM for a nice G5 tower or intel Tower. Get a LED TV as monitor
They are expandable. And upgrade able. Something iMacs never were really.
I would not look back afterwards either.
Adrian D'Alessio aka;
If you keep bottle necks in a machine whatever improvements are at one end
will never be entirely satisfactory.
I do not know what you use your maching for. But if for graphics or video
you are always better off with an expandable model with some fast card
slots.
If it is for some general light
I’ve been looking for ways to improve the responsiveness of my old iMac (24”
mid-2007). I’ve upgraded the hard drive already to a Samsung 5400RPM 2TB model,
but I still get the beachball fairly often. I’m not complaining - it’s amazing
that this thing can still run the latest OS. However, I
