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Wife's Macbook Running Slow...
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1152823"><p>I would replace the hard drive in her machine (sounds like it's failing) and would increase the RAM in both your and her machines to <em>at least</em> 2GB. And of course she should be upgraded to 10.6 as well.</p><p></p><p>You will probably both get better performance from videos if you'll use a HTML5 extension for Safari (or FF) that forces HTML5 video instead of Flash where possible.</p><p></p><p>Also, you mention that these MacBooks are "a few years old." Mine is from mid-2007 and I've finally gotten to the point where I do feel I need to replace it soon. Perhaps that's another option to consider, at least for your wife's machine.</p><p></p><p>Finally, your post implies that neither of you make backups. Why in heaven's name would you take that risk when external HDs are so insanely cheap, and the software to do so so automatic and easy?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1152823"] I would replace the hard drive in her machine (sounds like it's failing) and would increase the RAM in both your and her machines to [I]at least[/I] 2GB. And of course she should be upgraded to 10.6 as well. You will probably both get better performance from videos if you'll use a HTML5 extension for Safari (or FF) that forces HTML5 video instead of Flash where possible. Also, you mention that these MacBooks are "a few years old." Mine is from mid-2007 and I've finally gotten to the point where I do feel I need to replace it soon. Perhaps that's another option to consider, at least for your wife's machine. Finally, your post implies that neither of you make backups. Why in heaven's name would you take that risk when external HDs are so insanely cheap, and the software to do so so automatic and easy? [/QUOTE]
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