iMac Intel 2.0 GHz Slow Performance --- Please Help

[ayasinsk]

Hi. I bought stock iMac 2.0 Ghz 20" about half a year ago, then updated from Tiger to Leopard. The computer used to be very snappy with very quick boot time. I portioned the hard drive to use XP via bootcamp. My partition is 15GB. Around same time I noticed my iMac started to slow down and wasn't as quick as it used to be. Now the boot time into Leopard is MUCH slower then it used to be. My specs are:

1GB Ram
2.0 Ghz
250 GB HD.

I tried optimizing my computer through ONYX utility, but did not notice a difference. Any suggestions?

Alex

 

[squeeks]

1GB Ram
2.0 Ghz
250 GB HD.


Alex

theres your problem, leopard is a ram hog

upgrade to 4gb here only $74.99, itll be the best thing you've ever done

 

[72930]

Leopard is slower to boot than Tiger, check your Login items and remove unnecessary items from the list

 

[squeeks]

Leopard is slower to boot than Tiger, check your Login items and remove unnecessary items from the list

and add more ram

 

[72930]

and add more ram

It doesn't really affect boot time. Hard drive speed is the biggest factor.

 

[iGrant]

I would recommend this Patriot ram from Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220229

Yeah its a little more expensive but its honestly the best ram I have ever used. I put Patriot ram in my Macbook, my Power Mac G5, and my wife's Dell Laptop. I have never had to a single stick and it just works.

-iGrant

 

[D4F]

I never reached that point nor I am sure if you can but have you tried defragmenting the HD?

 

[iGrant]

I never reached that point nor I am sure if you can but have you tried defragmenting the HD?

I have defragmented my hard drives before on my Macs but I have only noticed a slight and mean very slight improvement on my machines. It might help you though. I used this product to defrag my hard drives:
http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php

Mac OS X has always run well, however the more memory you give your Mac the better its going to perform. I could tell a huge difference in my Power Mac G5 when I went from 2gb ram to 4gb ram. It just seems to breath better in a sense . . .

-iGrant