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<blockquote data-quote="redrain87" data-source="post: 885044" data-attributes="member: 114382"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>At any given time, I usually have the following applications open:</p><p></p><p>-Mail</p><p>-Safari</p><p>-AIM</p><p>-iTunes</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Any insight as to why my new Macbook is behaving so sluggishly would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redrain87, post: 885044, member: 114382"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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