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<blockquote data-quote="rob.h" data-source="post: 638269" data-attributes="member: 51653"><p>Open up your Applications folder, then open the Utilities folder and launch <strong>Activity Monitor</strong>. Have a look and see if anything is eating up your CPU cycles. You can sort the list in order of how much CPU each task is using by clicking on the column heading. Also make sure you have <strong>All Processes</strong> selected in the drop-down list. This may give a clue if there's some background task slowing things down. </p><p></p><p>The problem with streaming video is that there's also stuff external to your iMac that can impact it's performance, so it's worth checking out performance using a variety of sources or different websites.</p><p></p><p>Have you upgraded to the latest version of Firefox (2.0.0.14) to see if that helps?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rob.h, post: 638269, member: 51653"] Open up your Applications folder, then open the Utilities folder and launch [B]Activity Monitor[/B]. Have a look and see if anything is eating up your CPU cycles. You can sort the list in order of how much CPU each task is using by clicking on the column heading. Also make sure you have [B]All Processes[/B] selected in the drop-down list. This may give a clue if there's some background task slowing things down. The problem with streaming video is that there's also stuff external to your iMac that can impact it's performance, so it's worth checking out performance using a variety of sources or different websites. Have you upgraded to the latest version of Firefox (2.0.0.14) to see if that helps? [/QUOTE]
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