Re: Beating the dreaded rainbow pinwheel

In article <2009021809560916807-not@dotcom>,
thepixelfreak <not@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2009-02-13 11:24:15 -0800, Skookum <ndale@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

I have a MacBook Pro about 2 years old now, upgraded last year to Mac
OSX 10.5.4

In the last few weeks but probably worseining for more like twoi
months, everything is slowing down even when there are few
applications open.

Something must be amiss with some piece of hw or the like. I've used
mac's off and on at one employer or the other since 93 and have owned
three since the g3 cube was introduced.. They've never ever 'slowed
down' over time like PC's have the tendency to do.

Hardware, or a runaway app that's not visible and is wasting a lot of
virtual memory and/or CPU time.

First thing to do is to run the Activity Monitor utility. Look at the
%CPU and Virtual Memory columns. If any app is using an unusually large
amount of CPU time or virtual memory, try quitting that app. If that
doesn't work, try restarting your Mac.
.

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