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can my iMac 2.8 i5 be this slow
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1170762" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Sorry about that...I didn't realize your location or situation (you should have mentioned that earlier).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I TOTALLY understand your situation...needing to be mostly "self-reliant" when it comes to Apple computer questions/issues. I've been a Macintosh computer user since 1985...and until the Apple Stores started popping up in 2001...myself & other Mac-Users had to do pretty much what you're doing...which was figuring out things on our own (remember this was long before the internet as well)!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>So I hope that the info you've gotten in this thread so far has been helpful. I think that the cpu benchmark scores you got with Geekbench (6825) compares very favorably with what it should be...so your logic board & cpu should be fine.</p><p></p><p>Then there's the hard drive. Like I mentioned earlier...hard drive performance increases don't improve nearly as quickly as cpu or graphics performance in computers. Sometimes hard drive performance doesn't improve much at all from year to year...as long as we are comparing similar hard drive technologies (5400rpm, same cache sizes, spinning disks, etc.).</p><p></p><p>You can try running "Quickbench" to benchmark your hard drive...or any of the other benchmarking programs I linked above (if they are able to benchmark a hard drive)...the difficulty might be if you don't have any "reference" results from other computers to compare your values against for comparison.</p><p></p><p>If you still feel that your hard drive is the problem...and factoring in that you're in South Africa with no real Apple support nearby...you can try two things:</p><p></p><p>1. You could replace your internal hard drive (hopefully you are able to purchase a new hard drive fairly easily). It is sort of an involved process to replace the internal hard drive in a 27" iMac...so it may not be something you would be comfortable doing (you can check You Tube for DIY video's)...or check <a href="http://www.ifixit.com" target="_blank">iFixit: The free repair manual</a> for written DIY instructions. </p><p></p><p>It is possible that doing this could void your Applecare warranty (but then you said you don't have Applecare)...but then again...it doesn't sound like you have much Apple support locally anyway. After I checked the Apple Store Worldwide list...there aren't even any Apple Stores at all in Africa!...(maybe you have to ship your computer to Apple in another country to get true Apple support. Or maybe all you have are those local Apple resellers.</p><p></p><p>2. Second idea. You could purchase an external hard drive...install the Mac OS on the external hard drive...and boot the computer from this external hard drive. You could then see if your computer is faster when booted from the external drive...and you could re-run the benchmarking programs on the external vs. the internal to see if there is a major difference.</p><p></p><p>IF...you find that the external drive is MUCH faster than the internal drive (assuming both drives are similar technologies)...then that would probably confirm that the internal drive is "bad"...and then this would give you greater confidence that the internal drive needs to be replaced.</p><p></p><p>Getting the external drive wouldn't be a bad idea anyway...since once the internal drive problem is sorted out...then you could use the external drive as a backup drive using "Time Machine".</p><p></p><p>Good luck...please keep us updated on how things progress!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1170762, member: 56379"] Sorry about that...I didn't realize your location or situation (you should have mentioned that earlier).;) I TOTALLY understand your situation...needing to be mostly "self-reliant" when it comes to Apple computer questions/issues. I've been a Macintosh computer user since 1985...and until the Apple Stores started popping up in 2001...myself & other Mac-Users had to do pretty much what you're doing...which was figuring out things on our own (remember this was long before the internet as well)!;) So I hope that the info you've gotten in this thread so far has been helpful. I think that the cpu benchmark scores you got with Geekbench (6825) compares very favorably with what it should be...so your logic board & cpu should be fine. Then there's the hard drive. Like I mentioned earlier...hard drive performance increases don't improve nearly as quickly as cpu or graphics performance in computers. Sometimes hard drive performance doesn't improve much at all from year to year...as long as we are comparing similar hard drive technologies (5400rpm, same cache sizes, spinning disks, etc.). You can try running "Quickbench" to benchmark your hard drive...or any of the other benchmarking programs I linked above (if they are able to benchmark a hard drive)...the difficulty might be if you don't have any "reference" results from other computers to compare your values against for comparison. If you still feel that your hard drive is the problem...and factoring in that you're in South Africa with no real Apple support nearby...you can try two things: 1. You could replace your internal hard drive (hopefully you are able to purchase a new hard drive fairly easily). It is sort of an involved process to replace the internal hard drive in a 27" iMac...so it may not be something you would be comfortable doing (you can check You Tube for DIY video's)...or check [url=http://www.ifixit.com]iFixit: The free repair manual[/url] for written DIY instructions. It is possible that doing this could void your Applecare warranty (but then you said you don't have Applecare)...but then again...it doesn't sound like you have much Apple support locally anyway. After I checked the Apple Store Worldwide list...there aren't even any Apple Stores at all in Africa!...(maybe you have to ship your computer to Apple in another country to get true Apple support. Or maybe all you have are those local Apple resellers. 2. Second idea. You could purchase an external hard drive...install the Mac OS on the external hard drive...and boot the computer from this external hard drive. You could then see if your computer is faster when booted from the external drive...and you could re-run the benchmarking programs on the external vs. the internal to see if there is a major difference. IF...you find that the external drive is MUCH faster than the internal drive (assuming both drives are similar technologies)...then that would probably confirm that the internal drive is "bad"...and then this would give you greater confidence that the internal drive needs to be replaced. Getting the external drive wouldn't be a bad idea anyway...since once the internal drive problem is sorted out...then you could use the external drive as a backup drive using "Time Machine". Good luck...please keep us updated on how things progress!:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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