G4 getting...soooo....slow

I have a G4 with 60 GB that I have used all but 14.5GB of. Am I too full?
For the last few months response time is very slow for opening applications and folders with large files or apps in them, web surfing. etc.
Slow especially when multiple programs are running (im a designer so i need at least 3-4 apps running at a time) iTunes starts tripping up, evil little rainbow spinning wheel always spinning away.... you get the picture!
Is there a way/hints to improve my performance? I didnt think it as purely a volume issue, but maybe it is? there is so much I thought it shouldn't matter so much...
thoughts?
thanks all

Hi Jennifer,
Along with the system maintenance suggestions offered by Patrick in his link above, you may want to have a read of the excellent FAQ by Dr. Smoke of the X-Lab, The Spinning Beach Ball of Death and his FAQ Problems from insufficient RAM and free hard disk space for a discussion and troubleshooting measures of the issues you mention in your topic.
hope that helps some,
littleshoulders [:-)

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