Hi Richard I'd upgrade the RAM to the maximum possible for that laptop, you can input the serial number into http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com and see, I'd say either 3GB for the older model or 4GB for the later model of MacBook.
Once the RAM's upgraded you'll want to go for a bigger hard drive, either a 500GB Seagate SSHD hybrid drive, or for even greater speed a Crucial M5 SSD, they're just more expensive. 256GB SSD (3x what you currently have) for £137 isn't bad : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT256M4SSD2-256GB-SATA-Internal/dp/B004W2JL2A/ or 500GB SSD hybrid for £58 : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-500GB-Laptop-Solid-Hybrid/dp/B00BHRWH1U/ not as fast but cheaper Once that's done, upgrade to Lion for the latest OS, or Mountain Lion if the Mac supports it. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.co.uk MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 23 Aug 2013, at 09:34, Richard Coker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > In recent times my white macbook (10.6.8, 2GHz, 1GB) has slowed down to a > crawl especially when browsing (Safari and Chrome), frequent spinning > beachball, getting through emails (Yahoo) is tortuous. Broadband speeds > register at around 30mbps and I'm connected via ethernet. I've run a Sophos > scan (no threats) and uninstalled it. I've also repaired the disk through > disk utility. (80GB, 15GB available). > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could reinvigorate my macbook? > > Many thanks, > > Richard > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
