Slow imac 3.1Ghz i5

zipboingarial · zipboingarial #1 (**permalink**)

02-16-2012, 04:07 AM

I have recently been working on my wifes older iMac with a slower processor than mine, and it flies compared with mine. I had a look in activity monitor and notice that most of my 4Gbyte ram is being used even with only iTines andSafari and Mail open.

Is this normal?? I have Parallels installed which when ope does slow it down, but the machine seems slow even without Parallels running.

Cheers

Zip

iggibar · iggibar #2 (**permalink**)

02-16-2012, 09:21 PM

Those are pretty normal amounts of ram space taken up by those programs. 4gb doesn't go as far as it once used to, but you shouldn't be seeing slow downs from ram as you still have more than 1 gig of ram completely unused, which means it's not slowing you down. Check to see the processes that are taking up the most processing power. I'm sure you would still benefit from having 8gb's of ram though!

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zipboingarial #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 6	02-16-2012, 04:07 AM I have recently been working on my wifes older iMac with a slower processor than mine, and it flies compared with mine. I had a look in activity monitor and notice that most of my 4Gbyte ram is being used even with only iTines andSafari and Mail open. Is this normal?? I have Parallels installed which when ope does slow it down, but the machine seems slow even without Parallels running. Cheers Zip
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