I have an iBook G4, 1.07 gHz, 1.25 gb RAM computer, running os x 10.3.9.
Sometimes the computer is very unresponsive. If I try to type, say into the search box on the firefox browser winder, the computer gets very congested, and it takes several seconds to display what I have typed. If I try to make other changes, like click or move the cursor, visualization of those changes is also delayed.
This problem seems to improve if I restart my computer, and it seems to get worse the longer I keep my computer on or if the battery had been turned off due to a loss of power (my battery connection fails sometimes if I move my computer around).
This problem also improved for a short period of time when I upgraded my RAM to 768 mb to 1.25 gb, but now it is bad again.
I have noticed recently that streaming video is also choppy now. This problem happens constantly: the video is choppy, but the sound is fine...eventually the audio and video become out of sync. I used to be able to stream videos with no quality problems.
Does this sound like a hard drive issue? I have an extra harddrive at home I could put in, but I want to make sure this might be a problem before I go through the effort to swap it out.
How much HD space do you have left? Most macs run best if you keep abou 10gb of HD space free. Furthermore, cut back on excessive app loads (bells and whistles. The ultimate solution is to back up your files and reinstall the mac os. If the problem persists it is possible that the CPU is starting to break down. This is replaceable at significant cost from mac repair shop. Maximizing RAM helps some, but age of the equipment will reduce performance.
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you have to go to the printer manufacturer to get drivers for the computer. The os comes with drivers for different printers but if your printer was manufactured after the OS you are using wa made it will not be inherent to it.
One thing to do is to connect the printer to the computer and reinstall the os with the system disk. Sometimes this will fix it. Another way to do this is to run software update from the apple drop down menu to see if there are any updates to your current os. That machine should run mac os x 10.4 if you have enough ram in it. Ram for that machine is very cheap.
Anytime your streaming videos are playing but not running smoothly, you either have a slow internet connection and aren't downloading fast enough to keep the data streaming OR you don't have enough RAM to keep up with the streaming data and everything else that's going on in the background. Check your internet connection speed first. If you have a good download speed then add RAM to your pc. (You could also try clearing cache on your browser)
your unstated OS is infected
there are only a few choices
dis-infect it, (long story, and endless examples if you google that)
reload, the unstated OS
or up grade the OS
it is not complicated for upgrade the desktop.as per my knowledge ur system configuration is-
Key Features Form Factor Mini Tower Processor Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz Installed Memory 256 MB (SDRAM) Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Recommended Use Business
ur system processor and memory both will be upgrade.
Memory- RAM Technology SDRAM Installed RAM -256 MB Max Supported RAM 3 GB Installed Video Memory 32 MB
I have the exact same problem ... I have a Compaq ... Vista Home Basic, plenty of RAM 1.8GHz ... FLIP told me the exact same thing ... it's exTREMEly frustrating.
First of all you're running vista, which is a major no-no. Since your RAM is only 2 gigs, vista will take up about 1.3-1.5 gigs of ram, depending on which version you have.As for the video card i really do not see a problem. Try updating your drivers, i would suggest Driver Genius Professional Edition, as for free editions google them. Hope this helps. I'm not as good at laptops, so bare with me.
The video is choppy because your computer is not powerful enough to decode the video. The imac g3 was a great computer in its day but it was never designed to run the graphically intensive programs of today. OS 10.4 already places a lot of demands on an older machine. Adding youtube video only exasperates the problem as there simply isn't enough processing power or memory to run the pretty aqua user interface of OS 10.4 and decode video at the same time.
Adding more ram may help (256 MB is not very much these days) but truth be told I don't think you will see much of an improvement given the low power of the G3 processor. Sorry to say it, but if you want to watch flash videos (youtube) with any level of reliability you are going to have to look for a newer machine. You probably could find a used imac g5 for a good price on ebay or maybe treat yourself to a new imac. Rumour has it Apple will be coming out with a new model in the next few days (weeks) so keep on eye out for that if your thinking of buying new.
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