[macboy]

Ok so im new to a mac and its my first Powerbook. I was using iMovie to compile a recent conference, and I noticed it took almost an hour to just bring the videos to iMovie.

So I downloaded a program to check my CPU and Memory usage and there it was - only using about 24MB out of the 1024 that's available (check snapshot)

Is this normal? Is there a way I can make use of all that 1GB of memory I have? Also cutting movies from Quicktime were slow too, but got better after a restart. Does my powerbook have a cold?

[ibook_steve]

I don't know what that program is you're using, but I'd just use Activity Monitor to check for sure.

Steve

[macboy]

It took me a few minutes to figure out that Activity Monitor is a built in app. I went and googled it hoping to find a shareware =)

Ok so I got rid of that and here's a screenshot from using Activity Monitor. Still same results. Also now my iMovie is stuttering majorly. Like even the preview screen is lagging. They dont play smooth anymore

[Timetheus]

Ok, 1st off, please post smaller pics, the moderators may not like this much.

2nd, I just did the same thing you did - import an iMovie video - on my MBP and got similar memory results (in fact it used less - right at 32 mb). I too have 1 GB of RAM.

However, my CPU usage was at 7%, whereas your's is at 80%. Even adjusting for the MBP's superior processor, that seems unlikely. What PB are you using?

[macboy]

17" 1.5Ghz with 1gig of RAM. Sorry about the pics, I tried posting smaller but its very hard to see them results then..

So even with the MBP, a typical 1 hour movie would take like an hour to import?