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Hi everybody,
So I have a old 2008 macbook that I use for travel and let family and friends use for whatever. So basically it's my backup that I don't worry about.
It's running extremely slow and shuts down safari all the time. Rainbow wheel regularly. I also think it's been used to stream movies/tv shows from questionable sources, but I'm not sure. The fan constantly runs on it.
So I'm wondering what I should do to help it run better as it's pretty annoying to use when I'm traveling. I'd just use my regular computer, but I cross the border a lot and I've had friends have to give passwords over to their computers. So I bring a computer where there is nothing on it even if they get onto it. Not that I have anything crazy, but they don't need to be looking at my personal documents. Or moving stuff and deleting stuff by accident.
Here are the details:
System: Leopard OS X 10.5.8
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.2 GHz
1 processor
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
There aren't any personal files on it. My desktop is empty, my folders are empty, etc... So I'm not concerned about losing anything.
Would a erase and reinstall help? Something else?
I'm pretty computer stupid, so speak slowly and in simple terms!
Thanks for any help.
So I have a old 2008 macbook that I use for travel and let family and friends use for whatever. So basically it's my backup that I don't worry about.
It's running extremely slow and shuts down safari all the time. Rainbow wheel regularly. I also think it's been used to stream movies/tv shows from questionable sources, but I'm not sure. The fan constantly runs on it.
So I'm wondering what I should do to help it run better as it's pretty annoying to use when I'm traveling. I'd just use my regular computer, but I cross the border a lot and I've had friends have to give passwords over to their computers. So I bring a computer where there is nothing on it even if they get onto it. Not that I have anything crazy, but they don't need to be looking at my personal documents. Or moving stuff and deleting stuff by accident.
Here are the details:
System: Leopard OS X 10.5.8
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.2 GHz
1 processor
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
There aren't any personal files on it. My desktop is empty, my folders are empty, etc... So I'm not concerned about losing anything.
Would a erase and reinstall help? Something else?
I'm pretty computer stupid, so speak slowly and in simple terms!
Thanks for any help.