My macbook pro's fan is loud and airport stops working and other problems
So i have a macbook pro 13" i got it September of 2010 and since november 2011 ive been having major problems.
My macbook's fan gets extremely loud and the computer heats up and also the internet just stops working. Sometimes the computer will run very slow and sometimes it just freezes up. Im tired of this and need some help please
I did screenshots of my Activity Monitor so you can see for yourself and try to make sense of it.. cause i can't
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---what is VSIZE?
updated - I think this might be the problem! Maybe its cause when there is flash banner ads playing on websites in the background it raises the level of "memory usage"? have a look
http://i27.tinypic.com/etcsqb.png
-Joey
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