I have just bought an iMac

[Triggaaar]

Out of interest any idea what to do when an iMac does slow down? Photoshop CS5 is grinding a bit. Would updating to Lion help?

Oo, oo, childish opportunity not to be missed...
Get a PC!
CS5 is like a bullet on my PC.

 

[tedebear]

He had 2! Fair enough really, and it's not just material, it's all the data on there.

Yes I spose if he had two, seems a little pointless to have two...

In a similar situation - I bought an external drive - copied over the data/photos etc I wanted from the "joint" pc and bought myself a new laptop - fresh start and all that....

 

[El Presidente]

He had 2! Fair enough really, and it's not just material, it's all the data on there.

Sharing the music, I get all the porn.

 

[El Presidente]

Yes I spose if he had two, seems a little pointless to have two...

In a similar situation - I bought an external drive - copied over the data/photos etc I wanted from the "joint" pc and bought myself a new laptop - fresh start and all that....

I only bought a second when realised I would lose the first!

 

[El Presidente]

Oo, oo, childish opportunity not to be missed...
Get a PC!
CS5 is like a bullet on my PC.

Even with 400 gig of photos on it and most in Raw?

 

[Triggaaar]

Even with 400 gig of photos on it and most in Raw?

Yes. I'm a photographer.

 

[bhaexpress]

It's a bit like the choice of bonking a £50 or a £100 whore. Ultimately they do the same but one looks better and will impress your mates more.

I have two iMacs, (one lost on Friday in divorce settlement) a MacBook Pro, MacBook and a Windows Tablet PC, but the latter is the most versatile, and is brilliant for teaching.

Really ? I find that rather hard to believe but if you say so. The decent Tablets cost as much as an IPad and I know which I'd prefer. When it comes to Laptops I have to go with a Windows based box, merely as I use it for work. In my line a Mac would be little more than useless because at the end of the day the vast majority still use a PC.

If you only use one at home and have the spare cash you can't beat a Mac. However for an answer and a solution to the vast majority of applications a PC is a cheaper and much more flexible option. You may well be able to run Windows 7 on a Mac but I consider that utterly pointless.

 

[bhaexpress]

Out of interest any idea what to do when an iMac does slow down? Photoshop CS5 is grinding a bit. Would updating to Lion help?

You're imagining that, must be your Wi Fi. Macs NEVER go wrong, I have that on good authority !

 

[tedebear]

I only bought a second when realised I would lose the first!

ahhh - I seeeeee. That makes more sense!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Out of interest any idea what to do when an iMac does slow down? Photoshop CS5 is grinding a bit. Would updating to Lion help?

Ditch Photoshop! Bloatware

 

[tedebear]

I've always thought McAfee slows my laptop down - is there truth in that? What are my alternatives - didn't think windows defender was any good?

 

[clippedgull]

Out of interest any idea what to do when an iMac does slow down? Photoshop CS5 is grinding a bit. Would updating to Lion help?

Depending on how much memory you have, my imediate answer would be install more memory! Not from Apple, but http://www.crucial.com

 

[bhaexpress]

I've always thought McAfee slows my laptop down - is there truth in that? What are my alternatives - didn't think windows defender was any good?

Yes, in fact McAfee is just about the same as having no AV, get rid and use the free Avast/AVG/Avira although the Microsoft package has never let me down. Maybe I don't download enough porn !

 

[Nottseagull]

It's a bit like the choice of bonking a £50 or a £100 whore.

Although, curiously, the more expensive one is reluctant to 'flash' for you.

 

[El Presidente]

Really ? I find that rather hard to believe but if you say so. The decent Tablets cost as much as an IPad and I know which I'd prefer. When it comes to Laptops I have to go with a Windows based box, merely as I use it for work. In my line a Mac would be little more than useless because at the end of the day the vast majority still use a PC.

If you only use one at home and have the spare cash you can't beat a Mac. However for an answer and a solution to the vast majority of applications a PC is a cheaper and much more flexible option. You may well be able to run Windows 7 on a Mac but I consider that utterly pointless.

It's a Tablet PC not a tablet and runs on W7. I have won a lot of teaching awards using it and used the cash from those to buy some Macs!

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

First thing I did when I got my iMac was increase the RAM. I'm not sure if they're still the same design, but on my one, if you look underneath the screen there's a little screw you can remove. Take that panel off and there's an extra slot which you can stick a RAM chip into. Got mine running double speed, and I use Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects with no slow down.

 

[Superphil]

I've always thought McAfee slows my laptop down - is there truth in that? What are my alternatives - didn't think windows defender was any good?

Get rid of it. Use the Advance System Care to totally remove it, including doing a deep clean, then get Microsoft security essentials.

 

[brakespear]

Although there is often some important software I couldn't run with Apple, it's not the operating system that keeps me on PCs, it's the fact I can build a faster, better quality machine, for a lot less money. I don't care for any brand, I just want high quality at the lowest price.

This. As for anti-virus software I'd say Avast!, mainly because it can be made to recite everything pirate-style Oh and it does a good job of AV protection with far less false-positives than when I was using AVG.