RRRReally slow emac! What's wrong?

greg1993greg1993
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I recently purchased an 800 mhz emac, 512 RAM, 60 gig, super drive. My problem is this: my 5 yr old compaq 400mhz 64 RAM smokes it when it comes to opening web pages. My emac is taking 3 to 5 minutes to open the home page of ebay. Granted, I'm still pretty new to osx, but what do I have to do to remedy this problem?

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    soulcrushersoulcrusher Posts: 587member
    you are using Safari right?
  • Reply 2 of 11
    magicfingersmagicfingers Posts: 703member
    I just got an emac 800 with 640 ram last week and it smokes like a mofo. I have a cable modem though.

    Are you using safari? It is pretty fast compared to IE.

    Try "repairing privledges" and running "fsck" and see if that remedies your troubles. For instructions on how to do this check the first link at the top of this page. I think its in there.



    I just tried an ebay page in another tab and loaded real fast...few seconds.

    cnn.com=4second

    apple.com=1sec

    If you have a cable or dsl you will get similar results, if you are on dial up YMWV.

    Good Luck, Randy
  • Reply 3 of 11
    greg1993greg1993 Posts: 10member
    right, I am using safari
  • Reply 4 of 11
    greg1993greg1993 Posts: 10member
    I ran the fsck, but to no avail. This thing is still as slow as molasses!!!
  • Reply 5 of 11
    magicfingersmagicfingers Posts: 703member
    is it just as slow using other browsers?

    maybe you can try this... pulldown Safari menu...select reset safari.

    then do empty cashe in the same menu.

    I really don't know what could be wrong (not a computer genius) I am just trying to give you a few of the quick fixes that I know off hand for things.

    Aside from these hints you'll have to hope that maybe one of AI's "real"

    mac gurus will answer your call for help.

    Randy
  • Reply 6 of 11
    ludwigvanludwigvan Posts: 458member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by greg1993

    This thing is still as slow as molasses!!!



    Are we strictly referring to opening web pages, or the computer experience as a whole? Let's narrow this down.
  • Reply 7 of 11
    magicfingersmagicfingers Posts: 703member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LudwigVan

    Are we strictly referring to opening web pages, or the computer experience as a whole? Let's narrow this down.



    in his first post he refers to loading web pages.
  • Reply 8 of 11
    ludwigvanludwigvan Posts: 458member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MagicFingers

    in his first post he refers to loading web pages.



    Whoops! That's what I get for skimming the posts.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    tommy_thompsontommy_thompson Posts: 224member
    What type of connection do you have? Is the account you are on admin, or user? If you have verified permissions and corrected them. If you have experianced any unexpected shut downs (kernel panics) or have had to force the Machine to shut off with the power button, try running drive 10 or the like.
  • Reply 10 of 11
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    download "macjanitor" and "onyx." run those, then see what happens. i have the EXACT same emac as you (spec-wise), and mine is faster than some powermacs i've used. onyx will clear out you caches (if you choose to) and keep in mind that the first time you go to a site its gonna take longer to load b/c nothing is in the cache.
  • Reply 11 of 11
    george514george514 Posts: 1member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by greg1993

    I recently purchased an 800 mhz emac, 512 RAM, 60 gig, super drive. My problem is this: my 5 yr old compaq 400mhz 64 RAM smokes it when it comes to opening web pages. My emac is taking 3 to 5 minutes to open the home page of ebay. Granted, I'm still pretty new to osx, but what do I have to do to remedy this problem?



    Try another web browser besides Safari and Internet Explorer. My suggestion would be Firebird on Mozilla's site (http://www.mozilla.org). If it is still slow then you may have a real problem.
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