Old G5 veryyyy slow

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I have a imac G5 that I purchased in what I want to believe is 06, and I recently got a brand new 2009 imac G5, its amazing and very fast. This imac how ever is sooooo slow with the internet, online games, and generally anything you do on the computer. the specs are:


Model Name: iMac G5
Model Identifier: PowerMac12,1
Processor Name: PowerPC G5 (3.1)
Processor Speed: 1.9 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2.5 GB
Bus Speed: 633 MHz

How can I improve the speed of the internet(this computer is connected wirelessly with the newest airport). And generally the speed of the computer, because it used to run most everything well.
Should I delete and clean out the computer to free up space? How would I go about doing this?
 
Mr. Shiver said:
I have a imac G5 that I purchased in what I want to believe is 06, and I recently got a brand new 2009 imac G5, its amazing and very fast. This imac how ever is sooooo slow with the internet, online games, and generally anything you do on the computer. the specs are:
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What? There is no such thing as a "2009 imac G5" computer. Do you mean an Intel-based 2009-era model iMac?

Also, you mention two iMacs in your first sentence, then go on to say "This imac how ever is sooooo slow..." Which exact iMac are you referring to here -- the 2006 one, or the 2009?
 
Your specifications could have been an iMac G5 fresh out of the box. Such a machine is not inherently slow. This means that something unique to your machine is slowing it down. However, you have not given a hint as to what this may be.

Let me begin by stabbing in the dark. How much free capacity does your hard drive have? It should be at least 10% of the total capacity.

Which version of MacOS X are you running? Have you run Software Update to update your version to its most recent revision?
 
MisterMe said:
Your specifications could have been an iMac G5 fresh out of the box. Such a machine is not inherently slow. This means that something unique to your machine is slowing it down. However, you have not given a hint as to what this may be.

Let me begin by stabbing in the dark. How much free capacity does your hard drive have? It should be at least 10% of the total capacity.

Which version of MacOS X are you running? Have you run Software Update to update your version to its most recent revision?
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I am running 10.5.7 and run software update every once and a while.
I have 7.1GB remaining, which isn't much, since my new imac has probably 20x that left.
 
1. Clear more space on that slooooooow Mac. Minimum to keep free at all times for system to function properly is 15 %.
2. Run system maintenance, e.g. with OnyX or Yasu.
3. If it's still slow, give more specifics what is slow. Opening big apps and stuff when you've got tons of apps running? Clear more space. And 2.5 GB RAM has its limits too. So if it's still slow when performing some function, look at messages that are generated in Console application when performing such function.
 
Thank you for the suggestions, Is there any application I can use to help me clear space, something that would list the applications/items and how much space they take up?
 
Terminal :D
But think before deleting with Terminal.
There are some applications that list file sizes per directories - I should remember some names at least as I ended up localizing one of that type of apps ages ago....
 
Code: 
du [dir] -hac
...will list all files, directories, and their sizes for a given (optional) [dir].

The switches -hac perform various things, like taking into account all files, and displaying the results in "human-readable" format (i.e., displaying things in kilobytes and megabytes).

If you wanted to see what's taking up space, say, in your home directory, you could do either of the following:
Code: 
du ~ -hac
...or...
Code: 
cd ~
du -hac
 
To the OP - it is not totally clear (to me at least) which of your machines is so sloooow.

If the slow computer is the 2006, have you run the cron scripts to clear logs etc? Onyx, SuperDuper and a host of other programs will help you run them if you don't know how to do it via Terminal.

You mentioned that you had only 7 gigs free on the HD. I have had trouble with an install after having too little disk space. It would not hurt to run Disk Warrior or Tech Tool (both commercial repair applications) or Disk Utility (included with the OS) to ensure that your system is in top shape.

Wireless is nice, but it is the slowest way to connect to a network. If possible, try a direct wired connection.
 
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