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DR_SPOCK
 
| | #1 posted May 15, 2009 at 2:14am (EST) |
Running a 1.42 Ghz PowerPC Mac Mini with 1 GB RAM, 80 GB internal HD (4200 RPM), and now a 320 GB external HD. Having serious performance issues from simple tasks...eBay.com, cnn.com, nba.com, and other resource heavy sites are giving me the spinning beachball. Streaming video skips regularly (not from the internet connection). I've done all the basic maintenance stuff, don't have any startup programs, freed up a bunch of HD space...still having issues. Activity monitor doesn't show anything going on in the background...only shows my browsers using tons of CPU space when browsing the aforementioned sites (and others...or having a few tabs open). Do I just need to upgrade? |
ndrake
  
| | #2 posted May 15, 2009 at 12:34pm (EST) |
Is this with all browsers? I have an older Powerbook (1.25Ghz with 768MB ram), and although it isn't the fastest, basic browsing stuff works pretty well. What version of OS X are you using? My Powerbook is running 10.5. |
DR_SPOCK
| | #3 posted May 15, 2009 at 12:36pm (EST) |
I'm having issues with Firefox (a hog, I know) and Opera (supposedly not a hog). Running 10.4.11. Do you recommend a different browser? |
ndrake
| | #4 posted May 15, 2009 at 3:15pm (EST) |
Give Safari or Camino a try. Not saying they'll work better, but it can't hurt to try. |
Osiris
| | #5 posted May 15, 2009 at 4:37pm (EST) |
this is a new recent problem for this machine? |
nihon
  
 
| | #6 posted May 15, 2009 at 7:28pm (EST) |
When did it start happening? Which browser are you using?
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nihon
| | #7 posted May 20, 2009 at 8:48pm (EST) |
DR_SPOCK has left the building...
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UnSpOkEn
| | #8 posted May 21, 2009 at 7:57pm (EST) |
Ive noticed a recent problem with macs running HD video. It's pissing me off. |
nihon
| | #9 posted May 26, 2009 at 12:52am (EST) |
Could you be more specific?
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UnSpOkEn
| | #10 posted May 29, 2009 at 1:05am (EST) |
Joe the problems are very evident on say Youtube. Go there find any video that has an HD button and click it. When you go to the HD video the computer will run 3-4 degrees warmer and the video will stutter play, so you get 1 sec of normal then 1-3 seconds of lag. Then it catches up and stutters some more. If you go back to non HD it will not stutter and play perfectly. HQ videos also tend to show as all black or green/black before they start to play properly with minimal lag.
Allowing it to load all the way has no bearing on performance, neither does updating to latest patches or anything of that sort. I've tried fresh installs to Leopard and even tried Tiger 10.4.x once. It just didn't fix anything. I'm assuming it's a problem with the ATI chip GPU, but reading on the net I've seen issues facing NVIDIA and the X3100 too so idk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEtuvyIN2L4&NR=1 - This is in HQ which also doesn't play right all the time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpmq9MwgTMw - This video lags like crazy for me and slows down my Macbook Pro like mad. THis is HD.
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nihon
| #11 posted May 30, 2009 at 1:19am (EST)
edited May 30, 2009 at 1:20am (EST) |
I watched both and had no problems. As for the temp going up a few degrees, that's nothign to worry about. Anytime the system is trying to process any kind of high quality video, especially across the internet, the system is going to be working harder. The only suggestion I would have is to let the videos load before playing them in HD/HQ.
Also, maxing out your RAM will help a lot.
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UnSpOkEn
| | #12 posted May 30, 2009 at 12:18pm (EST) |
2GB of ram and I do let them load. It doesn't help. This happens to a lot of mac users. |
nihon
| | #13 posted June 2, 2009 at 6:08am (EST) |
Hmm...not sure why it worked without any problem for me.
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