So my company just gave me a new computer. Its a nice shinny Mac Book Duo. I'm really happy because now I have a lap top that I didn't pay for. Unfortunately I have two problems. To start I'm a PC user. I've really never used a mac before so I'm unfamilliar with a number things associated with its oporating. Secondly, I find this computer deathly slow. From what I read these new Duo (NOT DUO II) intel processors are supposed to be screaming quick, but I've found that with with a couple of tabs open on firefox and a large excel sheet open there's loading times and program switching problems. Furthermore, I downloaded one of a handful of demo games out for macs (Halo) and I found the graphics pretty but moving as fast a slide show.
So this begs the questions, is it just this computer? Is it something to do with this configuration and there's something I can do to fix it? Or are PC's just generally faster? My friend has a 5 year old BEAT G4 and that thing still runs way faster than this.
If I had a pc I know there's ways to reduce background programs from running, but I'm not sure about macs.
I'd like get well versed in this thing, so any advice or knowledge would be great.
As far as particulars,
Machine Name: MacBook
Machine Model: MacBook1,1
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Number Of Cores: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (shared): 2 MB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB11.0061.B03
Serial Number: RM6480CCVMM
SMC Version: 1.4f12
My hardrive is a: Volume?
Capacity: 74 GB
Used: 29 GB
I hope that helps.
thanks
Josh
So this begs the questions, is it just this computer? Is it something to do with this configuration and there's something I can do to fix it? Or are PC's just generally faster? My friend has a 5 year old BEAT G4 and that thing still runs way faster than this.
If I had a pc I know there's ways to reduce background programs from running, but I'm not sure about macs.
I'd like get well versed in this thing, so any advice or knowledge would be great.
As far as particulars,
Machine Name: MacBook
Machine Model: MacBook1,1
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Number Of Cores: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (shared): 2 MB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB11.0061.B03
Serial Number: RM6480CCVMM
SMC Version: 1.4f12
My hardrive is a: Volume?
Capacity: 74 GB
Used: 29 GB
I hope that helps.
thanks
Josh