old slow computer

I have a powerbook G4 That I bought in 2002. I had it beefed up a bit when I bought it. It has 60 gigs of memory, a gig processor,and a gig of ram. A few years ago the screen broke, and I haven't really used it since. So the other day I tried to hook up an external monitor (which I was able to do just fine) and I found that the computer that had been running quite perfectly 3 years prior had somehow turned into a supremely slow piece of trash...while not even being used at all.

I am not even talking about the internet or something like that where it's possibly progressed past the point of the computer. I am simply talking about clicking on a folder and it taking forever to open: simple things.

I realize the computer is 7 years old, but how did it get to the point where it barely works when it wasn't even being used? And what can I do to help things along?

First step would be to reformat the hard drive and reinstall OS X on it.

It's also possible your perceptions have simply changed. I for one never found G4s to be that fast, even when they were new.

ceesr said:

.It has 60 gigs of memory, a gig processor,and a gig of ram.

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you mean 60 gigs of disk? memory = ram if you had that much, even server admins would be sooo jealous

anyway, it might just be that you got used to something much much faster, whenever I use my old computer I am always amazed at how I could stand the speed all day

Well, it is definitely slower because now it runs super choppy. It may not have been lightning quick before, but now it is a dying turtle. I will have to try re-installing OSX and reformatting my hard drive.