So I just got a brand new 15 inch Macbook Pro about two weeks ago. All has been going well until a few days ago. I could be doing anything...checking e-mail in "Mail," surfing the web in "safari," typing in "Word," in "iTunes", whatever.
Anyway, I don't think that I'm really pushing this computer to the max. But inevitably, I'll be doing something and all of a sudden, the dreaded pinwheel of death pops up and I can't do anything for a solid 30 seconds. For a brand new computer, I think this is pretty uncalled for, and since this is my first Mac, I was hoping that someone here could maybe help me out.
At any given time, I usually have the following applications open:
-Mail
-Safari
-AIM
-iTunes
And that's it. I have iTunes open but not usually playing music. And when I've tried quitting the application, I can still get the stupid pinwheel. The comp has 4GB of memory and I have about 160 GB of free hard drive space.
Any insight as to why my new Macbook is behaving so sluggishly would be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, I don't think that I'm really pushing this computer to the max. But inevitably, I'll be doing something and all of a sudden, the dreaded pinwheel of death pops up and I can't do anything for a solid 30 seconds. For a brand new computer, I think this is pretty uncalled for, and since this is my first Mac, I was hoping that someone here could maybe help me out.
At any given time, I usually have the following applications open:
-Safari
-AIM
-iTunes
And that's it. I have iTunes open but not usually playing music. And when I've tried quitting the application, I can still get the stupid pinwheel. The comp has 4GB of memory and I have about 160 GB of free hard drive space.
Any insight as to why my new Macbook is behaving so sluggishly would be greatly appreciated.