New iMac 3.06 DVD slow and burning issues
I just unpacked my new iMac 3.06 GHz and upgraded to 10.6.2, first thing I noticed: starting time was slower than my 2.66 GHz "old" iMac, I tried to burn a DVD, same speed 8x and it took twice time or more than my "old" iMac,
Is there an upgrade coming?
Thank you
Hopefully an upgrade will fix those little problems,
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