Hello,
I've inherited a RevA original iMAC and have tried to make this usable for my kids. I've put in extra memory (160Mb) and moved all the applications onto a usb hard drive to allow me to squeeze 10.3.9 onto the original drive, still leaving ~ 700MB spare. Most applications run well enough that even if it is not sparkling, it is OK for web browsing, word processing etc.
However, though the machine starts OK, after some minutes, it becomes less and less responsive - no matter what is running - even just the finder. Basically everything starts to slow down. Also, I cannot get activity monitor to run. Restarting the finder helps, but the problem tends to recur. Any ideas what might be causing this and what I can do about it?
Thanks
Dave
I've inherited a RevA original iMAC and have tried to make this usable for my kids. I've put in extra memory (160Mb) and moved all the applications onto a usb hard drive to allow me to squeeze 10.3.9 onto the original drive, still leaving ~ 700MB spare. Most applications run well enough that even if it is not sparkling, it is OK for web browsing, word processing etc.
However, though the machine starts OK, after some minutes, it becomes less and less responsive - no matter what is running - even just the finder. Basically everything starts to slow down. Also, I cannot get activity monitor to run. Restarting the finder helps, but the problem tends to recur. Any ideas what might be causing this and what I can do about it?
Thanks
Dave