I'm Gonna Toss This Thing -- So Slow

I moved from PC to Mac in January and I have the OSX 10.4 and I'm about ready to spit and toss this thing in the trash. It is so slow for every application, every program, every file, and every time I get on the internet (cable modem), I can't stand it. I've tried the forums and clean up programs and diagnostics and all that stuff. This thing is down to a crawl and I don't know what to do. Not sure how to get support either. I'm about ready to go back to Dell. Please help!!
imac Mac OS X (10.4.5)

"I find it difficult to find help on this site"
ween,
Last night I spent two hours reading various Apple articles that were new to me regarding iTunes and iPods. I read those articles not here at Discussions, but at Support.
After two hours of reading, I was able to determine that it may take me quite some time to become either proficient or expert. I read nothing confusing or contradictory, just had to stay focused on the particular products that interested me, as it's easy to go off and start reading something that's "related" but that won't do me any substantial good this early in my learning curve. For instance, there's absolutely no point in learning about iTunes 6 (or 4 or 5, for that matter) when in fact I already have iTunes 7 installed.
To reach Support, click on the purple "Support" tab at the top of this page, then narrow down to your area of interest, where you can view a main Support page for a particular Apple product.
Since you're still new to Mac, you need to review the main Support page for the Intel based iMac and also the main Support page for OS X Tiger (10.4). At this point, you need to stay away from the main Apple sales information areas and from the Apple Store areas, and from the Discussions.
Go through the main Support page and read everything (including tutorials) targeted to the beginner or new user. Ignore the troubleshooting aspects in favor of learning the basics. At this point, you should not be expecting problems, but you should try to take the attitude that your iMac will at some point "just work" and therefore at this time you should be concentrating on how to avoid problems, not how to solve them.
I may get some flack from other posters, some much more learned than me, for suggesting this, but, after you've had nine months of not being able to benefit AT ALL from your new iMac, the only thing that makes sense to me is that you should save all your important files to some location other than your iMac, and entirely erase your iMac and start from scratch. I'd recommend adding nothing to your iMac until you have the basic setup running like greased lightning. I see no point in saving your settings since it's been working so poorly for you until now. Who knows where the problems started?
The install from the original grey-labeled DVDs is simple to perform, whether you choose the "easy" install or "customized" install, and all the software updates are much less daunting when not performed singly, but in the now condensed form that will be offered to you once you've completed the fresh OS install of 10.4.4 from your DVDs.
For example, instead of doing multiple OS X updates, there will only be a single Combo update that will take your iMac from 10.4.4 to 10.4.8. Same thing with most other things, except some of the iLife applications take two software updates to bring them current.
First, however, check that there's nothing wrong with your cable's delivery of internet access. If necessary, pull out the Dell to verify that your cable modem is doing what it should, and that there are no firmware updates available for that particular piece of hardware either from the manufacturer, or from the cable company that may have provided it to you.
You might email them or phone them to be certain. After nine months, another day or two to exchange email about that shouldn't be too bad. In addition, you should probably check at your cable provider's website to see if there's a place where you need to adjust some settings. While it's been several years since I had a cable hookup, I seem to recall that one of the things they wanted was to know what type of hookup I'd be making with what brand of computer, or some such. I may be mistaken, or that may no longer be relevant, or that may not be the case with your cable provider.
Good luck, and keep at it, as satisfaction is undoubtedly closer than you expect:))
P.S.
If your OS is still at 10.4.5, that may be part of your problem, as there actually ARE fixes for problems (issues) introduced in each each Software Update. There's no point in erasing to start over if you do not intend on updating your software. Since 10.4.4 was the earliest Intel version, some of the earliest discovered issues (for some users) were not resolved until at least 10.4.6
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Hi,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
the
first issue i get is itunes will not start up it just
flat out refuses... to start up i have no idea why
You might want to ask for help in the iTunes for Windows Forum
the updater worked fine for what i installed off the
disk which told me everything was up to date as
always i went to apple.com the website to make sure
drivers arethe correct ones found out they are
not...GREAT!!!.. so i delete the old drivers and
install the new ones
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then i go to update my ipod nano
and it says "sorry device notfound" mean while my
ipods frozen giveing me the no disconnect symbol it
wont even disconnect when i turn off the usb device
then it gave me the battery charge warning light then
turned right off after freaking out.
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Symptom
One or more of the following occurs:
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i then spent a
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my ipod to see if it was chargeing theres no
indicator whats so ever when the ipod nano is turned
off of it getting charged like my moms old ipod 20
gig and shes had that thing forever without any
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meanwhile my ipod is a metal
electronic light paper weight right now.. if this
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tomorrow form it being connected to a AC adapter like
apple says it should work im takeing it back and
gonna drop the extra 100 on the 30gig that i know
shouldn't have any issues... cause **** this
if any of you can tell me how to get my ipod nano to
turn on that would be great let alone how i can get
it to update and then export songs to the thing
Hope some of those help.
Regards,
Colin R.

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Why don't i want to sell this thing

I just ordered a C2D MBP and have been looking for a way to sell my PB and even got an offer for it BUT i have an unhealthy attraction for this thing. This isn't the first time i've tried to sell it and i always end up holding on to it. A faster machine would be ideal and whilst the PB is no slouch its a tad slow for me.
So whats my problem, this is the first mac i've had doubts about giving away. In fact i've considered getting it Laser etched this week but that'll mean i have to keep it till its death. Its also a shame i can't keep both...well technically. I can keep it and my parents would buy me a new Laptop in 4-5 months time or take matters into my own hands and swap the PB for a MBP now. The latter will make me more productive now whilst the former will make me suffer in productivity for 4-5 months...nothing major though.
What do i do?

Hi all,
I agree with Maxit. If hadn't kept my old Ti'PB when I got my G5 I'd have been stuffed! As the G5 is "in the shop" for it's 4th (yes you read it right - 4th!!) repair session! & without my trusty Ti' Powerbook my Photographic workflow would've been halted in it's tracks - yes its slow, but it works & no workflow equals no money!
Its always good to have a backup machine! But it maybe worth selling it for good money & buying a cheaper one - off Ebay?!? (Just know what your buying - if its fully working & reliable etc.)
Though I must say its never nice say goodbye to a machine that has served you well all its life.
The choice is yours. If you cant decide, flip a coin.... "ok, best out of three!" lol!
Rory

First day with this thing and I give up...

I have to say I was really excited to get this Time Capsule today, but I can't get it connected to the internet for the life of me. I've tried everything...and I'm starting to regret the purchase. I have Optimum online and currently use a NetGear router, with no issues. I've gone through the set up process 20 times now with the Time Capsule, I tried using any setup I can imagine, but I still cannot get connected to the internet with this thing. If anyone has any info they can lend I would appreciate it. I'm ready to return this thing.

I have no problems running TC with windows computers. but it needs to be setup correctly.
I want you to go about this in a different way.. cable modems normally register the MAC address of the router and do not readily give it up.
Please unplug the TC from power.. press in the reset button.. power on, still holding in reset.. wait until front led flashes rapidly. Release the reset.. and allow it to finish booting. That is full factory reset btw.
Please turn off the cable modem and leave it off for 15min.. to allow the lease to expire from the old router.
Then power on the cable modem.. wait 2min.. power on the TC.. plugged in by ethernet to wan port, ie the port next to USB, with sunburst symbol.
Start up the computer plugged by ethernet into the LAN port of the TC.. ie any of the three ports marked <--->
Open the airport utility.. go to manual setup.. on the main summary page check what the IP address of the wan port is. It has to be a public ip.
Now check the PC ethernet address by opening a command prompt and typing ipconfig /all
Please note the full ip address, gateway and dns address you are given.
Please ping a website.. and see if there is a response..
You can start with the public address of the TC and the dns address of the ISP. If they fail the issue is maybe the firewall on the computer.. or computer has switch to different setting, work or public location instead of home.
Turn off ipv6 in both the TC and the windows .. that only makes it harder.
If you get some progress.. remember SMB names are short, no spaces, pure alphanumeric.. by default apple names have spaces.. please change both the name of the TC and the wireless to SMB compatible.

I'm Gonna Toss This Thing -- So Slow

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