Hi all,
My first post and a sad one Is this the death knell for my lovely MacBook Pro?
Bought on 19th October 2009 (wow) with 13.3/2.53/2X2GB/250/SD and running 10.7.5.
I'm a programmer and a neat freak and keep it very neat and tidy. No unnecessary software or nonsense and always a quick eye on Activity Monitor to make sure I'm not overly tasking it.
It's been amazing and I've really never had a problem with it.
But earlier this week - for the first time - it completely froze: screen still showing my work but no mouse/keyboard movement. After a time I had to force restart it. And when it came back online the screen was all garbled with nonsense so I had to do another restart. Since then it's been working... but wow is it Slooooooowww. Especially when I'm running quite a few applications (something it used to handle fine).
So
1. What are your thoughts?
2. I'm no hardware expert - could something internal be reaching the end of its life?
3. Is there some chance that I could have picked up a virus? (I'm very careful, but you never know - I don't think I'm getting security updates anymore)
4. If so, what would you be looking for in Activity Monitor? (I really only look at "My Processes")
5. Can you think of anything to give me a bit more life?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Love this Mac (gush)
Thanks,
Ryan
My first post and a sad one Is this the death knell for my lovely MacBook Pro?
Bought on 19th October 2009 (wow) with 13.3/2.53/2X2GB/250/SD and running 10.7.5.
I'm a programmer and a neat freak and keep it very neat and tidy. No unnecessary software or nonsense and always a quick eye on Activity Monitor to make sure I'm not overly tasking it.
It's been amazing and I've really never had a problem with it.
But earlier this week - for the first time - it completely froze: screen still showing my work but no mouse/keyboard movement. After a time I had to force restart it. And when it came back online the screen was all garbled with nonsense so I had to do another restart. Since then it's been working... but wow is it Slooooooowww. Especially when I'm running quite a few applications (something it used to handle fine).
So
1. What are your thoughts?
2. I'm no hardware expert - could something internal be reaching the end of its life?
3. Is there some chance that I could have picked up a virus? (I'm very careful, but you never know - I don't think I'm getting security updates anymore)
4. If so, what would you be looking for in Activity Monitor? (I really only look at "My Processes")
5. Can you think of anything to give me a bit more life?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Love this Mac (gush)
Thanks,
Ryan