edgarmontcommo
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Since installing Tiger on my iMac (1 GHz, 256 MB RAM), Ive been experiencing a significant slowdown in the computers activities. Even simple tasks are painfully slow. Opening any folder takes ~10 seconds, waking from sleep often takes several minutes, opening iPhoto can take as long as 5 minutes. All this occurs with no other programs open or running.
I note that this sites Tiger Installation FAQ says to expect Tiger to temporarily use a lot of CPU power for Spotlight to do some indexing, but what Im experiencing is a VERY significant slowdown that has persisted for a week already. I realize that 256 MB RAM is the minimum required for Tiger, so I expected some performance issues, but this is so bad that I literally have to walk away from the computer at times because its simply too frustrating to sit there and wait the several minutes it takes to switch from one active program to another.
This cant be normal, can it? If not, can anyone think of issues that might be affecting my Macs performance so significantly?
I note that this sites Tiger Installation FAQ says to expect Tiger to temporarily use a lot of CPU power for Spotlight to do some indexing, but what Im experiencing is a VERY significant slowdown that has persisted for a week already. I realize that 256 MB RAM is the minimum required for Tiger, so I expected some performance issues, but this is so bad that I literally have to walk away from the computer at times because its simply too frustrating to sit there and wait the several minutes it takes to switch from one active program to another.
This cant be normal, can it? If not, can anyone think of issues that might be affecting my Macs performance so significantly?