Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
Using "Parallel" running windows on my mac... now my macbook is slow
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="SammySlim" data-source="post: 937353" data-attributes="member: 48298"><p>Its not a virus or trojan on the Mac, amigo - there are almost none of those and essentially none ever reported infecting anyone "in the wild." Is your computer only slow while surfing the net or is it also slow when not connected to the net? It is possible you are experiencing issues with your network adapter (if the former), memory chips (if the latter). Alternatively, how much RAM do you have? You should startup your computer and make sure all software is closed and then open the programs you use one at a time (and close them afterwards) to see if one of them is somehow using excessive resources.</p><p></p><p>Also, as discussed above, try shutting down and also pausing the virtual machine - depending on how you have allocated RAM to it, those can take up a lot of RAM and not leave much left over for OSX while they are running. My guess is that's the most likely culprit.</p><p></p><p>Worst case, take it to the genius bar and have them do a diagnostic. But it is not going to be an infection issue.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SammySlim, post: 937353, member: 48298"] Its not a virus or trojan on the Mac, amigo - there are almost none of those and essentially none ever reported infecting anyone "in the wild." Is your computer only slow while surfing the net or is it also slow when not connected to the net? It is possible you are experiencing issues with your network adapter (if the former), memory chips (if the latter). Alternatively, how much RAM do you have? You should startup your computer and make sure all software is closed and then open the programs you use one at a time (and close them afterwards) to see if one of them is somehow using excessive resources. Also, as discussed above, try shutting down and also pausing the virtual machine - depending on how you have allocated RAM to it, those can take up a lot of RAM and not leave much left over for OSX while they are running. My guess is that's the most likely culprit. Worst case, take it to the genius bar and have them do a diagnostic. But it is not going to be an infection issue. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
Using "Parallel" running windows on my mac... now my macbook is slow
Top