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My 2011 Mac Mini is slowwwwww
- Thread starter King of Canada
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Where did he mention the Mini has 2 GB.
Earlier in the thread. He actually said, "My mac is a 2.3ghz Intel Core i5, 2gm ram. OSX 10.8.3," but I don't believe he has 2 grams of RAM.
Erm, no, his PC had 2 GB.
Tip: Hit Comman-F, enter 2gb or 2 gb, and you'll see it was only mentioned in his initial post, PC.
Bold, see it now.
Whatever, I leave it here.
Edit, Damn, I see it now but he said 2gm.
Yeah, 2gb RAM for sure. Should be more than enough for basic functions. I mean, my old PC did fine with that much and I was running way more intensive programs.
Startup is 25 seconds from pressing the button to login. After login, it's only a few seconds followed by a few more of waiting for everything else to catch up.
So it is OK now, I edited my last post before this, I searched for 2 GB, of course it skipped the 2gm in one of your posts.
First, my apologies, crap I didn't see that one.
Now, I have to agree with you, 2 GB is just not enough for Mountain Lion, the OP can easily keep an eye on his pageouts, if it is more than a GB I would definitely suggest to buy a bit more.
First, my apologies, crap I didn't see that one.
Now, I have to agree with you, 2 GB is just not enough for Mountain Lion, the OP can easily keep an eye on his pageouts, if it is more than a GB I would definitely suggest to buy a bit more.
No problem. You're not alone. Virtually everyone missed it. Probably because it is not common seeing someone trying to use Mountain Lion with 2 GB of RAM.
If your computer runs fine after booting up, but starts to slow down when you've opened multiple applications and you're doing a lot at the same time, you might want to add some memory. You can easily do this yourself.
Sometimes you don't have to reboot to free up memory. Relaunching web browsers like Safari or Firefox and other applications that have been open for a long time can help too.
You can examine your machines memory usage in Activity Monitor.
Sometimes you don't have to reboot to free up memory. Relaunching web browsers like Safari or Firefox and other applications that have been open for a long time can help too.
You can examine your machines memory usage in Activity Monitor.
No you can't on a 2011 mini, unless you want it to run even slower as their are no drivers for 2011 mini mac in 10.6.
You're paging out. 2gb of ram is insufficient. Most people upgrade to 8 because its cheap and resolves your issue. This would be clear if you opened activity monitor.
This is a stunningly common complaint about that model. You see people them on craigslist for 300 because they don't know that 2gb of ram is the issue, how cheap it is to fix and how easy it can be upgraded. When buying one on craigslist, if you suspect they think they're selling you a defective mini or a crap machine, have the owner show you it running a handful of programs.
They either dont want to show you it running more than 1 thing or the bottom falls out on their asking price because they think they've been caught trying to pull a fast one on you.
However, the same reason people are selling so cheap is the same reason we see shocked and upset new owners like this guy.
They have no idea that 2gb of ram is insufficient for this machine.
This is a stunningly common complaint about that model. You see people them on craigslist for 300 because they don't know that 2gb of ram is the issue, how cheap it is to fix and how easy it can be upgraded. When buying one on craigslist, if you suspect they think they're selling you a defective mini or a crap machine, have the owner show you it running a handful of programs.
They either dont want to show you it running more than 1 thing or the bottom falls out on their asking price because they think they've been caught trying to pull a fast one on you.
However, the same reason people are selling so cheap is the same reason we see shocked and upset new owners like this guy.
They have no idea that 2gb of ram is insufficient for this machine.
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