New iMac 2.33 GHz w/2GB RAM VERY SLOW... slower than my non-intel iMac

So I just purchased a new Intel iMac with a 2.33GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. Seems like this thing should scream. I ran Migration Assistant upon starting the thing up in order to load on my 25ish software applications, 10,000 photos and numerous documents. Everything looks pretty good except that the computer hangs like crazy. On my old iMac which is only 2.0 GHz and 1GB of RAM I can have Photshop, Keynote, iPhoto, Mail and Safari all open at once, switching betwen them in order to get my work done. It's never been a problem. For some reason however, this new machine doesn't seem to be able to handle such tasks. Even the finder is slow. I'll click on a folder and it will take seconds for the items in that folder to show up. I just don't get it. The only thing that's faster is that the system boots much faster than my old iMac. Is it that all of this software isn't written for the intel chip? Is there some way in which I can test my system in order to be sure it's operating at full steam? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ben

How long have you actually had the Mac? How many hours has it been actually active?
When an iMac is brand new Spotlight has to index the entire HD. Not just the Mac OS and Apple software pre-installed, but everything you have migrated as well (10,000 photo)! If it doesn't have some quiet time, a few hours depending on how many Gigs it needs to index, to accomplish this on it's own then the whole system will run slow as you force it to do what you want to do and it tries to do what it wants to do, both at the same time.
There is also plenty of evidence that Migrating more than your personal account and personal files, photos, music, videos, docs, etc. can indeed mess things up. The majority of PPC apps run OK with Rosetta, but there are a few incompatibles. It is almost always best to do fresh installs of PPC apps from install dicks or fresh internet downloads. Also have you checked if there are Universal binary updates available for any of your PPC apps.
Kappy (the Cobbler!) wrote a pretty good Migration user tip article. Maybe you should familiarize yourself and see if you made a mistake or two.
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs

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I have an ongoing issue with my iMac. It runs very slowly and indeed launching new items takes forever. It is painful.
I've gone through various different cleaning processes (clean my mac used) plus some. Although this is a good habit it frees space it is making no headway at all on the speed issue. Can somebody tell me from the details below if I have an underlying issue from an app running or am doing something wrong. There seem to be no processes failing it is just poor. Safari in particular needs a good 5 minutes notice before I can use it.
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Hardware Information:
          iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
          iMac - model: iMac11,2
          1 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 3 days 0:38:2
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000AAKS-40V6A0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (158 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS09
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
          WD My Book 1112 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    My Book (disk3s2) /Volumes/My Book: 999.16 GB (419.98 GB free)
                    disk2s0 (disk2s0) <not mounted>: 700.4 MB
                    disk2s0s1 (disk2s0s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    WD SmartWare (disk2s0s2) /Volumes/WD SmartWare: 320.7 MB (Zero KB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.16 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMS (1.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMTP (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSB (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLAN (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLANMerge (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBSwch (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.97) Support
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          [not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.9) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
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          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
          [running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
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          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
          [loaded] com.motorola.MDMUpdater.plist Support
          [running] com.motorola.motohelper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.motorola.motohelperUpdater.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
          [running] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist Support
          [running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
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          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
          [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
          MyTomTomSA
          Skype
          Dropbox
          Android File Transfer Agent
          Google Chrome
          fuspredownloader
          WDQuickView
          BlackBerry Device Manager
          HPEventHandler
Internet Plug-ins:
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Check version
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          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.0.18358 Support
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
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          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions:
          Evernote Web Clipper: Version: 6.1
          Cloudy: Version: 1.4
          Incognito: Version: 1.6
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          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
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          Flash Player Support
          Java Support
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          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
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                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 317.81 GB
          Destinations:
                    My Book [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 930.54 GB
                    Total number of backups: 91
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                    Last backup: 2014-04-28 09:10:37 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
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              13%          Skype
               2%          WindowServer
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               0%          MyTomTomSA
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          86 MB          Dropbox
          82 MB          Google Chrome
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You are all being really helpful. I am making progress but slowly. Here is the latest EtreCheck after unnistalling the CleanMyMac software, I didn't re paste the EtreCheck results after that process.
All users (I have 4) now have only skype (x2 users) or skype and dropbox (x2 users) anthing else has been removed from login items.
WD smartware is causing a problem. I cam with the big my book drive I use for Time Machine, I probably don't need the software so located the uninstaller. It won't work. Continually stops working and advises me it will shut down the utility.
I would like to keep Chrome but have stopped it loading automatically. As Android phone users, it helps to have easy access to google profile and drive.
Blackberry and Tom Tom I have not uninstalled as my husband needs both for work but the sneaky utility that RIM place in login items has been removed for all users. We may be able to get rid of them shortly.
The motorola stuff - I can't even find!!
Here's the new EtreCheck... Anymore suggestions would be appreciated. I will trawl the WD site to solve that issue.
Hardware Information:
          iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
          iMac - model: iMac11,2
          1 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 0:23:42
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000AAKS-40V6A0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (162.41 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS09
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
          WD My Book 1112 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    My Book (disk2s2) /Volumes/My Book: 999.16 GB (419.34 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.16 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.16 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMS (1.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMTP (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSB (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLAN (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLANMerge (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBSwch (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.97) Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.97) Support
          [not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.9) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
          [running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
          [loaded] com.motorola.MDMUpdater.plist Support
          [running] com.motorola.motohelper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.motorola.motohelperUpdater.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
          [running] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist Support
          [running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
          Skype
          Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Check version
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.0.18358 Support
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.0.18358 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions:
          Evernote Web Clipper: Version: 6.1
          Cloudy: Version: 1.4
          Incognito: Version: 1.6
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          Java Support
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 313.70 GB
          Destinations:
                    My Book [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 930.54 GB
                    Total number of backups: 95
                    Oldest backup: 2012-03-22 11:37:24 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-04-28 13:27:10 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 930.54 GB < (Disk used 313.70 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          fontd
               1%          Safari
               0%          hidd
               0%          Dropbox
Top Processes by Memory:
          131 MB          Skype
          123 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          102 MB          Safari
          94 MB          mds_stores
          82 MB          Dropbox
Virtual Memory Information:
          681 MB          Free RAM
          1.72 GB          Active RAM
          1.06 GB          Inactive RAM
          557 MB          Wired RAM
          642 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Brand new macbook pro 2.3 2x2gb/320 is way slower than my old pc when on the web?why? I want to love this mac but am think of returning it please help. Is my ram maxed it appears i have 4gb?

I just bought this macbook pro, if im watching a sport event and doing something else on the net it is so slow moving back and forth between sites with constant freezes and shutdowns. my old sony viao was much much faster.
It appears I have 4 gb of ram my receipt says 2 x 2gb. and when I check using the apple icon in upper left corner it says 4 gb. is this my max? is there anyway to speed this up? I will buy more memory if needed, if not Im returning this comp as Im very unhappy with it.
ps. Im ****** that my pc is better, i so want to be a mac.
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It's possible the DNS setting your ISP is using are interfering. Although your PC works OK Macs can be sensitive to DNS settings. Here is a MacWorld DNS Troubleshooting article that explains the issue and below is how to fix it.
1. System preferences
2. Network
3. Click Advanced
4. Click DNS tab
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6. Add 208.67.222.222
7. Click + sign
8. Add 208.67.220.220
9. Click OK.
10. Exit System Preferences
11. Try out your MBP and report what happened.
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New 15" 2.2 GHz is heating up very hot and battery life is very short

I just bought a new 15 in MBP and the thing heats up so hot I can't hold it on my lap and all I am doing is sufing the web and downloading apps for my iPad. I am using a 3G USB modem and with a full charge am only getting an hour and a half of battery life max! Is this normal? Or should I send this thing back to the store? Thanks for any info you can give me.

this happened to me a while back, even after replacing my battery. what might be happening is that there is a print job waiting in the que which could be hogging up a lot of CPU (why this happens is beyond me)
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Upgraded to 2gb and seem slower than stock 512mb

just upgraded to 2gb (2x1gb) from transintl.com
start up seems slower the only tiny diferrence i notice is after i open everything a couple of times. opening programs area really slow at start up.
what is a good way to test these things
i have a macbook pro 1.83... it is registering on the "about this mac"
any ideas
macbook pro 1.83 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi,
Since no one knows how well your system install is, or how well it ran prior to installing the ram, try running the Combo Updater for 10.4.9......
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My macbook air are very slow for boot, start Safari and others applications. What i do?

hi,
repair permission? repair disk? have you done these already?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1452
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417
cheers.

New iMac running very slow

Just bought my wife the new iMac (20" 2.4GHz). Connected her old G4 Mini in firewire mode. Transferred her applications and files. Everything is working but the computer is very slow. Much slower than my version 2 macbook. It surfs so slow and Safari has locked up several times. This is on her regular websites not something new. All her apps on the mini were the PowerPC variety and not universal binaries. Could this be an issue? I had Firefox that was optimized for the G4 processor on the mini. It worked on the iMac but was slow. I just installed the latest universal binary Firefox and it is faster but the hard drive is thrashing constantly. Now it only has 1 GB of RAM (I will upgrade) but still, I am only running 1 app... Was importing from a G4 a bad idea?
Karl

I ACTUALLY think so!
I have the same iMac you have and it's SUPER fast! and I also have just 1GB Ram... but I'll tell you what I did...
First, I went online and got *Universal drivers* for my *Scanner, Wacom pen tablet* etc... then I got the Universal versions of *CockTail, SuperDuper, HandBreak, Stuffit, Adium, Firefox*... time consuming I know but if they were AVAILABLE for Intel... it didn't seem to be a good idea to SAVE time... just an afternoon that maybe would have cost me a couple days trying to fix future compatibility issues...
After doing that, I installed ONLY three *PPC Apps*, the ones I really need: *Photoshop CS, Flash and Dreamweaver 8*... actually my website is all in Flash, I only use Dreamweaver as a FTP program to upload my files...
Both Flash and Photoshop will run under ROSETTA... even taking lots of RAM, they still run faster than in my old iMac G5 with 2GB Ram... *duo to the Intel processor*...
At least I know that ALL DRIVERS are the original Intel... the iMac is super fast.. I just moved from ATT&T (disgusting 300 KBPS) to ComCast reaching *5 MBPS* on both the *G4 mini* and the *2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac*...
Such a great experience, the large clear screen... a fast machine and a great connection...
If I were you I'd spend a Sunday *re-installing Leopard* and looking for the *Intel version of some Apps*... you don't have to sit in front of the computer all day... you can load the installation DVD and open a beer and come back after a while and download Leopard updates (and open another beer...) cook and listen to a good music... do little by little one day!
If I have a major problem I always re-install the OS... I can't work on a sluggish machine! Better a day doing it than suffering for a LONNNNNNNNNG time!
Cheers!
: )

New iMacs slow to open programs compared to previous model?

Hi all,
I have noticed something while looking at the new iMacs on display in store:
While a previous-model (just superseded) 24" 3.0g ghz dual-core opens iMovie in 4 seconds, the new models repeatedly take 40 seconds or more to do the very same thing. On different machines...in different stores...same thing happens.
When questioned why, the assistant looked at me uncomfortably and said "Yes, I have learned Apple has supplied us with demo machines installed with the incorrect display drivers..." Huh? Demo machines? Wrong display drivers?
I think he was trying to have a lend of me...surely (a) Apple doesn't supply demo machines to the outlets and, (b) they wouldn't install graphics drivers separately to the rest of the system software.
Anyway...has anyone else noticed the slow performance of the new iMacs when opening programs?
Cheers.

myhighway, what's your point in relation to my original observation?
What I was saying was that it was interesting that the new models were - in my experience - quite a bit slower than the older model. I had experienced this in two different stores. Had anyone noticed/experienced this and what could be the reason? I just thought the sales guys explanation was a bit flaky at best. I was making a simple observation...no biggy.
Whatever the reason for whatever Apple does (who cares?) it was interesting to note that the newer models appeared slower than the old.
Oh and by the way, I have been a very proud Mac owner since my first in 2003. Will never buy anything else but a Mac now, unless I really have to. So I am already - well and truly - a mac convert.

IMac 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with 2GB RAM

The Internet is frequently very slow. I am hard wired to the TimeWarner Motorola cable modem, but also have a new router with 5 GHz that has a Firewire port. Would my Internet speed increase substantially by hard wiring to the router by Firewire?
My MacBook with 4GB RAM is much faster via a wireless connection.
Thanks very much for any ideas or comments.

Unfortunately, connecting your iMac by Firewire directly to a router which then connects to the cable modem will Not increase the speed of your Interent connection relative to directly connecting your iMac to the cable modem. Your iMac's network speed is at your ISP's delivered maximum directly through the cable modem. All the router would add is the ability to share the cable modem's output signal among multiple connected computers. I believe you are experiencing the fact that the internal hardware (CPU, RAM, etc.) of your older iMac may be slower in processing the ISP's internet signal than your more powerful MacBook.
Hope this helps:)

New iMac 2.33 GHz w/2GB RAM VERY SLOW... slower than my non-intel iMac

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