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Slow Mac Mini 5,1
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<blockquote data-quote="meandmyapple" data-source="post: 1423094" data-attributes="member: 261198"><p>I bought a used Mac Mini 5,1 that has a Seagate 5400RPM 320GB disk with Core i5 2.3Ghz and 4GB RAM running Lion. </p><p></p><p>The issue is the system lags pretty badly. If I click on couple of applications one after other, the spinning top appears and stays for a few seconds. </p><p></p><p>Now, I am ready to swap the 5400RPM disk for a newer 7200RPM or even a SSD. But before I do that is there anything else I can test to make sure the HDD is the bottleneck. The reason I am not so sure about HDD being the bottleneck is because I have an older Mac Mini that shipped with Intel Core Duo and it originally had a 5400RPM disk too. But even with SL, it never lagged the way the new Mac Mini does.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas? Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meandmyapple, post: 1423094, member: 261198"] I bought a used Mac Mini 5,1 that has a Seagate 5400RPM 320GB disk with Core i5 2.3Ghz and 4GB RAM running Lion. The issue is the system lags pretty badly. If I click on couple of applications one after other, the spinning top appears and stays for a few seconds. Now, I am ready to swap the 5400RPM disk for a newer 7200RPM or even a SSD. But before I do that is there anything else I can test to make sure the HDD is the bottleneck. The reason I am not so sure about HDD being the bottleneck is because I have an older Mac Mini that shipped with Intel Core Duo and it originally had a 5400RPM disk too. But even with SL, it never lagged the way the new Mac Mini does. Any ideas? Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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