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Laggy Macbook
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Nov 26, 2006, 01:16 AM
 
Now don't get me wrong I love my Macbook. I have a 1.83ghz Macbook White and it's awesome, but sometimes if i have multiple windows open, or multiple tabs in Safari open it starts to slow down. Beach Ball syndrome. Now Im just wondering if an upgrade of ram could fix this issue, or is it just the computer period. Or is it a hardware problem because the systems in the Apple Store seem faster thanks.
     
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Nov 26, 2006, 02:09 AM
 
I put 2gb of RAM in my macbook 1.83 and it's totally fast. And I use Firefox.
     
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Nov 26, 2006, 03:32 AM
 
If you only have 512 MB of ram then it's definitely time for an upgrade. I noticed that too actually. I was testing a MacBook at Future Shop; Core Duo 1.83 with 512 MB of ram. It was really quick for standard stuff: Safari, iTunes, iChat. But if I opened a few programs at the same time it bogged down pretty quickly.

I'm with bstone, 2 GB is a really good upgrade. I couldn't live with anything less.
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Nov 26, 2006, 10:57 AM
 
Awesome, you don't know how happy that makes me. Now I just need my net paycheck.
     
   
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