Spinning Beachball on MacBook

cityguy88

Hey guys,



I have a White MacBook 2.0Ghz, 80GB HDD with 1GB RAM, with 50GB of space left on the HDD.



I have few applications installed which were not bundled. However, when doing ordinary tasks, such as browsing the internet on Safari, the spinning beachball appears for a few seconds. Does anybody know the reason for this?



I thought that 1GB of RAM for my needs would be more than sufficient. Are there any other causes for this problem?



Many thanks for your help, in advance.



Jon

archstudent

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityGuy88


Hey guys,



I have a White MacBook 2.0Ghz, 80GB HDD with 1GB RAM, with 50GB of space left on the HDD.



I have few applications installed which were not bundled. However, when doing ordinary tasks, such as browsing the internet on Safari, the spinning beachball appears for a few seconds. Does anybody know the reason for this?



I thought that 1GB of RAM for my needs would be more than sufficient. Are there any other causes for this problem?



Many thanks for your help, in advance.



Jon

thats way too vague to draw any reasonable analysis

ricksbrain

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archstudent


thats way too vague to draw any reasonable analysis

I agree-- but you could try to repair permissions for starters. \

cityguy88

In that case, how would you advise that I make my depiction less vague?

ricksbrain

What have you installed? What programs are you running when this happens-- are they Universal or PPC programs that may be running through Rosetta? Have you checked Activity Monitor to know what's up and running? What you're experiencing may be normal depending on your usage, so we need some specifics.



Any info is helpful.

archstudent

also, beachball doesnt necessarily mean anything bad.

graham123

TRY INSTALLING FIREFOX.COM ALL OF MY TROUBLES WENT AWAY

graham123

I installed Firefox.com Its free the spinning ball just went away