one thing I should mention is that I've reinstalled the system a couple times already (complete erase, not just reinstalling the os). in the past, it seems like this has mucked som…

here are my xbench results, which seem a heck of a lot lower than what I read in an arstechnica article here: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardw...cbookpro.ars/6

some thoughts: 1. you're using both the laptop display and the external lcd yes? try using the macbook without the external display and see if that works better. did yours come…

code:Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.1: Wed Jun 7 16:19:56 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.9.72.obj~2/RELEASE_I386 Kernel configured for up to 2 processors. 2 processors are physically available…

is that normal? without the display hooked up, there's a noticable improvement.. but it's still not as fast as I think it should be..

Quote: Originally Posted by fowler code:Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.1: Wed Jun 7 16:19:56 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.9.72.obj~2/RELEASE_I386 Kernel configured for up to 2 processors.…

Quote: Originally Posted by fowler is that normal? without the display hooked up, there's a noticable improvement.. but it's still not as fast as I think it should be.. …

Tried an archieve and install (or erase & install)?

I can't do it now since I'm working on a project, but I have twice in the past when I ran into problems with bootcamp. Like I said before, when I've done a complete erasure and re-…

well wouldn't it be true across the board? if xBench isn't showing a lot, it seems like whatever the apple tech uses will also yeild a low score.

I ran cinebench and came up with this... which sorta disagrees with xbench.. confusing. code:Rendering (Single CPU): 331 CB-CPU Rendering (Multiple CPU): 626 CB-CPU Multip…

I went and ran the same test and got about the same score....that is pretty weird. CINEBENCH 9.5 ************************************************** ** Tester : David …

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…