macBook slow statup / shtdown

[Five_Star]

Hi

GF got a macBook 2.2 with 1GB RAM before Christmas and it was nice and fast starting up and shutdown. She got office installed (she uses it for work) at the same time and hasn't added any more apps since then.

Now its acting like a windows machine, getting slower and slower at starting up and shutting down, she says its not been dropped unless they damage really easily. What can I do about speeding it back up like it was when new?

I see quite a few threads about the mac loving memory, would 4GB be overkill, should she get 2GB or is 1GB fine.

I'm really a windows user so it seems like the daily use of windows just creates junk that slows the OS down, is this the case with OS X?

Cheers

 

[Five_Star]

excellent, thanks I'm downloading Onyx now to see if that improves it. Might get her the 2GB upgrade if its no better, its valentines soon isn't it

 

[Five_Star]

Ran Onyx, on the cleaning tab ran a system clean, then ran the scripts on the maintenance tab.

seems nippier, might get the RAM too.

one question, on the cleaning tab, user options how destructive is it. GF will be cross if all her settings / personalization goes

 

[Five_Star]

Leopard, was very slow to shut down 5-6 minutes with the screen still on just whirring away. Startup could be faster (it auto logs in) but I guessed that was down to 1GB of RAM.

 

[Five_Star]

That shutdown problem was a 10.5.1 problem, same thing happened for me. Startup was fine though. Make sure you have updated to 10.5.2 to sort the slow shut downs.

Hows it going now? Any faster?

yes on 10.5.2 now and its much improved, I've not got enough time for keep up to date on both PC and Mac updates, thanks everyone for the help.

 

[Five_Star]

I tried to suggest the sleep option but she doesn't like the idea of it being 'on' if its in her bag. its used every day so the charger is out at some point anyway. I felt compelled to at least find out why it was taking so long but fixing it has been a bonus