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new ibook

nicklwj

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yay got my new ibook last night. typing on its pretty hard. is it supposed to be very slow? startup can take 5 minutes.
 
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my start up seems to take a while every now and then. although compared to the PC's i have at work it is blazingly fast.
 
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nicklwj said:
yay got my new ibook last night. typing on its pretty hard. is it supposed to be very slow? startup can take 5 minutes.
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The 4200RPM HD will cause lag in typing, at least thats what I noticed on my mini.

Startup shouldn't take 5 mins.

When you say "new ibook" is that brand new or new to you? What are the specs?
 
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Ibook G4 1.33 ! 60 gig/external 250gig.
mine starts up in like 30-40 seconds... and typing is fine no lag or anything.
 
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its a 12inch with 1gb ram and 40 gb storage. darn shoulda gotten more storage if i had known mac office woulda taken up so much space.
 
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I just bought a 14" iBook and it doesn't take long to type. Also, the startup takes about 30 seconds. I would go into your startup folders and look to see what is in your "login items" list. if it is taking a while, then it could be you are starting some large programs.
 

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