Wow, that really is OFF. Here are the results of my MBP 2.0GHz 2GB RAM and 7200RPM HD

If you open Activity Monitor are there any run away process?

Go to your Energy Saver settings either at the Menu Bar or in System Preferences. Set it to "Better Performance" and rerun your tests.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chris Grande If you open Activity Monitor are there any run away process? all looks normal to me... and the with better performance selected:…

in the next couple days, i'm going to remove the 3rd party ram that I've installed and run the tests again. even though everything says that it's okay, you never know.. this sucks …

Alright well I know it's a different computer and different chip, but when my iMac got slow and I took it in, an employee asked me there if I had installed any Unsanity things. As …

I know those Canon Button Managers can cause issues, since they constantly keep pooling for the scanner.

uninstalled ape along with clear dock... now with button manager deals killed.. this isn't making sense.. it's getting worse as I uninstall more garbage..

are you restarting after you uninstall them? It helped my score by restarting before I take it so that it's working off a clean plate.

well, i logged in and out. i'll restart and see if that helps.

same thing.. nothing's changed.

Here's a wild guess: have you checked for duplicate fonts? Now, whenever I install a new application, I check my fonts to make sure no duplicates have been installed. I found tha…

I use FontExplorer to manage my fonts. It does an iTunes type thing by copying them to a specific folder and and organizing them on it's own. It's been moving slow since I've insta…

two things. I reinstalled osx last night (which I'm now realizing, I didn't need to do). I did a few tests right off the bat with a clean install. It was better, but not great. t…

The best chat client for Mac now in 1.0 (beta): http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/AdiumBeta Adium rocks!!!

Quote: Known issues Larger download size due to the inclusion of debugging info Oh noes! They haven't remove the debugging code!

Quote: Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - Oh noes! They haven't remove the debugging code! For once it's actually true Forgot to hit a checkbox before building AIUtilit…

Yeah. So far I'm loving it. Will contacts stay in the groups I move them to in MSN now? One can only hope...

Wow .. downloading it now.

Awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - Yeah. So far I'm loving it. Will contacts stay in the groups I move them to in MSN now? One can only hope... same problem here

meh, its a pretty crappy msn client. i need to go to the prefs. to access my screen name. im gonna try merc.

its a great msn client. haven't tried merc admittedly but adium is great. this beta is wicked too! lovely update

im downloading it now. might aswell give it a go. changelog seems good.

This is great! I love the UI! Still waiting for libgaim to add support for MSN personal messages