Hi
Been having problems with my 4ish year old imac over the last month or so.
It is mainly effecting the internet performance and the occasional other random app.
3 months ago i moved house and change ISP to virgin fibre optic service. Safari+ firefox have both been having problems with what i though where very slow speeds, average browser page takes at least 45 seconds to open and quite often pages fail to open. My mac is running wireless and the airport symbol is showing full activity all the time.
At first I thought it was my ISP but tested net when i have problems on my wife's laptop which performs great. Online net speed checkers state my comp is receiving just over 20mb but a 6 mb file can take 6 hours to download.
The problem is only occasional but often enough to be a serious problem. Times like now it is performing fine.
My hard disk could be the problem but some recent housekeeping has had no positive effect. My HD (300gig) was filled to just over 250gig but now only just 233gig.
I have done a full back up and am thinking of doing a clean install to get rid of years of clutter(demo programs, unused stuff etc).
Anyone got any opinions weather my HD is the problem or could any environmental, hardware issues or even a resent dodgy download be causing my problems?
My mac is imac 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo, 2 gig ram, 300 gig HD(233 used), OS10.5.8.
Been having problems with my 4ish year old imac over the last month or so.
It is mainly effecting the internet performance and the occasional other random app.
3 months ago i moved house and change ISP to virgin fibre optic service. Safari+ firefox have both been having problems with what i though where very slow speeds, average browser page takes at least 45 seconds to open and quite often pages fail to open. My mac is running wireless and the airport symbol is showing full activity all the time.
At first I thought it was my ISP but tested net when i have problems on my wife's laptop which performs great. Online net speed checkers state my comp is receiving just over 20mb but a 6 mb file can take 6 hours to download.
The problem is only occasional but often enough to be a serious problem. Times like now it is performing fine.
My hard disk could be the problem but some recent housekeeping has had no positive effect. My HD (300gig) was filled to just over 250gig but now only just 233gig.
I have done a full back up and am thinking of doing a clean install to get rid of years of clutter(demo programs, unused stuff etc).
Anyone got any opinions weather my HD is the problem or could any environmental, hardware issues or even a resent dodgy download be causing my problems?
My mac is imac 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo, 2 gig ram, 300 gig HD(233 used), OS10.5.8.