10.6 has killed my computers

I bought 10.6 and Ilife 11 when they came out and my computers are now a complete mess. They are so slow it is painful to use them, also programs freeze and crash all the time. My wifes macbook won't even stay on the internet anymore. I feel like I am using a PC. We have 2 macbooks and 1 Imac and they all are worse after updating. Is there anyway to get them to run better?

J Hensel wrote:
Ok so how do I go about wiping my computers and starting from scratch?
1) Back them up, preferably with Time Machine.
2) Boot from the Snow Leopard install disk
3) Instead of installing go to the Tools or Utilities menu (I forget which one it is now) and run Disk Utility.
4) Repartition your startup volume to be one partition, GUID option, HFS+ journaled - the defaults. Don't do any zeroing of data. That advice is all over these forums and is just a waste of time.
5) Quick Disk Utility and the installer will continue where it left off. The end result will be a factory-fresh install running as fast as it will go. If you experience any problems, they are hardware problems.
6) Install with an "Admin" user that is different than any of your previous users.
7) Update the machines to 10.6.5.
8) Reinstall the most recent versions of any 3rd party applications you require.
9) Use Migration Assistant to migrate only your old user accounts from Time Machine. Don't migrate any applications.
That is pretty much the procedure I follow any time I replace a hard drive or do a major OS upgrade such as 10.5 to 10.6.

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