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Will Snow Leapord increase the system's speed?
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03-28-2011, 07:57 PM
Currently I own MacBook and it has got OSX 10.5.8. Thinking to upgrade it to Snow Leapord but I have gone through people's reviews on Apple's website and most of them say that it doesn't add much to 10.5.8. I'm specifically looking for an increase in system's speed. Because some times it hangs and remains so for a long time; Safari gives me a real headache and now I've permanently switched to Firefox. So, will SL really improve the efficiency of my MacBook? Or, should I wait for the next OS version - Lion, probably? |
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03-28-2011, 08:02 PM
- generally you will get back/recover 10-20 gig of hard drive space - 10.6 only costs $29 bucks (OS upgrades prior to 10.6 cost $99-$129) - some newer software requires 10.6.0 or later - it's always possible you may need to upgrade to 10.6 in order to upgrade to 10.7 Lion (but this is not confirmed) HTH, - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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03-28-2011, 09:48 PM
If you do a clean install, formatting the hard drive, you'll eliminate any fragmentation and clean the machine up a bit, taking care of any filesystem corruption or any pent up maintenance issues which haven't been addressed. For $29, it's kind of hard to pass up. Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics! |
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03-28-2011, 09:59 PM
And whole heartedly recommend this upgrade to anyone running an Intel Mac. However, it's going to do nothing for what you are describing. (Unless, you go through the clean install rather than upgrade option noted by cwa107 above.) You either have: a drive with not enough free space, not enough memory for the apps you have open, some maintenance that should be done, a dying hard drive or some combination of these. What size is your drive and how much free space do you have? When's the last time you reset Safari? When's the last time you ran a maintenance app, Onyx, Maintenance or other? I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth. In the Windows world, most everything folks don't understand is called a virus. Place your vote for our Member of the Month Last edited by bobtomay; 03-28-2011 at 10:06 PM. |
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