Can't seem to get rid of Spinning Beach Ball in Mail

As someone else put it... it seems that Yosemite is Apple's VISTA.  Mail is fast becoming my most annoying App because clicking on almost any email seems to send the signal for the Spinning Beach Ball to appear.  Looking at activity monitor, it says that Mail is Not Responding, and then after a minute or two, the email finally opens.
I'm thinking that perhaps Apple isn't testing Yosemite on older iMacs like mine, a circa 2007 (?) iMac7,1 identifier currently trying to run Yosemite OS X v.10.10.1 on my Intel 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo running 6 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.  Mail is one issue, I'm also seeing Multiple IP Address issues.  I'm trying to purge EMAils especially those that have images in them... figure I'll part the images on a USB HDD, and delete all those actual emails.  Even that is tough because the minute I highlight
Is there any fix for the spinning beach ball issue?
Mike

OK, here's my current Etrecheck.  Maybe somebody can decipher this and give me a clue on how to resolve my problems.  I should not that I no longer have Elgato's EyeTV but I'm unsure about the correct method used to remove software like this, especially if there's no uninstall program that completely removes any references to it.  I did run the activity monitor and it seems like Kernel Task (?) is at the top of the list (Shows 541.1MB now) all the time when I select the MEMORY column.  There's 6.0 GB installed, 5.96 GB Used, Virtual Memory 6.28 GB, Swap Used is 59.5 MB, App Memory 4.33 GB, File Cache is 910.4 MB, Wired Memory 666.9 MB, and compressed is 96.8MB.
Problem description:
Spinning beach ball when opening or responding to emails, web pages very slow to open, multiple computers using my IP address.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.1 (104)
Report generated December 7, 2014 at 2:19:38 PM EST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
  iMac (24-inch Mid 2007) (Verified)
  iMac - model: iMac7,1
  1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
  6 GB RAM Upgradeable
  BANK 0/DIMM0
  4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
  BANK 1/DIMM1
  2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
  Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
  Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
  ATI,RadeonHD2600 - VRAM: 256 MB
  iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
  OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: one day 23:48:17
Disk Information: ℹ️
  ST3500630AS Q disk0 : (500.11 GB)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (150.13 GB free)
  Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
  YAMAHA composite_device
  Logitech USB Receiver
  Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
  MICRONET FANTOM DRIVE 2 TB
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
  Grafix-2TB (disk1s2) /Volumes/Grafix-2TB : 2.00 TB (1.92 TB free)
  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Firewire Information: ℹ️
  LaCie d2 quadra (button) 800mbit - 800mbit max
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
  1TB TimeMachine (disk3s2) /Volumes/1TB TimeMachine : 999.86 GB (10.50 GB free)
Configuration files: ℹ️
  /etc/hosts - Count: 2
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
  Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
  /Library/Application Support/Roxio
  [not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) [Support]
  /Library/Extensions
  [not loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.1 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
  /System/Library/Extensions
  [not loaded] com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.14) [Support]
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1) [Support]
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) [Support]
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergyXS (1.1) [Support]
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchEmpia (1.1) [Support]
  [not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchVoyager (1.1) [Support]
  [not loaded] com.keyspan.iokit.usb.KeyspanUSAdriver (2.5) [Support]
  [not loaded] com.prolific.driver.PL2303 (1.2.1) [Support]
  [not loaded] nl.bjaelectronics.driver.PL2303 (1.0.0d1) [Support]
  /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/LCC Installer-1.app
  [not loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (2.6.0) [Support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
  EyeConnect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/EyeConnect
  HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
  ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
  Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
  [loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
  [not loaded] com.thinkyhead.TabletMagic.plist [Support]
  [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
  [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Support]
  [running] org.samba.nmbd.plist [Support]
  [failed] org.samba.smbd.plist [Support] [Details]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
  [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
  iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
  AdobeResourceSynchronizer UNKNOWN (missing value)
  Logitech Registration UNKNOWN (missing value)
  Logitech Control Center Daemon ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/Logitech.localized/Logitech Control Center.localized/LCCDaemon.app)
  ConnectService Application (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)
  WDQuickView Application (/Incompatible Software/WDQuickView.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
  DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.0.3r472 [Support]
  Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 [Support]
  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
  Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.1.4 [Support]
  OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Support]
  Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60831.0 [Support]
  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
  DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 [Support]
  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Support]
  O3D: Version: 0.1.42.3 [Support]
  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
  Ultimate
  Wondershare Player-1
  ClickToFlash
  DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
  Adobe Version Cue CS4  [Support]
  DivX  [Support]
  Flash Player  [Support]
  Flip4Mac WMV  [Support]
  Java  [Support]
  Logitech Control Center  [Support]
  Perian  [Support]
  TabletMagic  [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
  Skip System Files: NO
  Auto backup: YES
  Volumes being backed up:
  Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 349.11 GB
  Destinations:
  1TB TimeMachine [Local]
  Total size: 999.86 GB
  Total number of backups: 158
  Oldest backup: 2012-03-30 18:06:15 +0000
  Last backup: 2014-12-07 18:52:43 +0000
  Size of backup disk: Too small
  Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 349.11 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      13% Console
      10% mds
      5% WindowServer
      4% Mail
      2% Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
  425 MB Adobe Photoshop CS4
  232 MB Mail
  180 MB Finder
  161 MB softwareupdated
  161 MB Pref Setter
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
  61 MB Free RAM
  2.82 GB Active RAM
  2.75 GB Inactive RAM
  702 MB Wired RAM
  12.87 GB Page-ins
  26 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
  Dec 7, 2014, 10:11:59 AM Pref Setter_2014-12-07-101159_Mikes-iMac-9.cpu_resource.diag [Details]
  Dec 5, 2014, 06:43:21 PM Adobe Photoshop CS4_2014-12-05-184321_Mikes-iMac-9.cpu_resource.diag [Details]
  Dec 5, 2014, 02:31:56 PM Self test - passed
  Dec 5, 2014, 02:18:49 PM Adobe Photoshop CS4_2014-12-05-141849_Mikes-iMac-9.cpu_resource.diag [Details]
  Nov 19, 2014, 02:53:27 PM Kernel_2014-11-19-145327_Mikes-iMac-9.panic [Details]

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