Why is my macbook pro extremely hot after Lion install

After successfully intalling Lion, my mac book pro is getting very hot.

Simtrax wrote:
… indexing of spotlight is already done … As soon as i start using Safari to browse through some pages the fans start to rev up, even if there's no flash animations …
Issues may be not limited to animations.
Try uninstalling Flash then whenever playback of Flash content is critical:
drag the icon of the page (to the left of its address)
from the toolbar of Safari
to the Dock icon for Google Chrome, where the player is integral (and bugged in the ways outlined above) .
Some technical detail of what's new in Lion is alrady published:
What's New In Mac OS X: Mac OS X v10.7 Lion
For more in-depth knowledge, without paying to join a programme you can view at least some of the following:
WWDC 2011 Session Videos - Apple Developer
My uneducated guess is that some of the cooling and/or load — maybe not demonstrable by Activity Monitor — is GPU-related, something to do with tightened integration between OpenCL and Grand Central Dispatch.
Incidentally I'm currently not convinced that iStat Menus 3.18 (3.18) offers a suitably comprehensive guide to the gamut of things that Apple does with 10.7 (Build 11A511).

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The fan is on high all the time and the system is running very hot. It also consumes the battery way faster than it used to.

Thanks for your links. My MacBook fan was running constantly from switch on and the underside was getting very hot. Using your first link, I followed the Activity Monitor instructions and found that Dashboard was using '117%'. As soon as I closed it down the fan instantly slowed and after only a few seconds switched off..
Thanks again..

My MacBook Pro is running very hot after lion install. Are there any hardware changes that will help? What can I do to get it back to normal?

My MacBook Pro is running very hot after lion install. Are there any hardware changes that will help? What can I do to get it back to normal?

I get the impression that most of the users on older hardware experiences similar temperature issues on Lion for a long time now. Awaiting for confirmation from the original poster.
In the meantime I'm just cautious with regards to pushing the machine to such extreme temps, since something tells me such behaviour which includes monitor flickering and the likes is nothing but abnormal for any type of use...
Any clues if 10.7.5 does anything on this? If not I'm afraid i see myself going back to SL for good...

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Why does my Macbook pro get hot while I am only on my email account? This is a recent change. It gets too hot too put in my lap. Is it a battery issue.

Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

Why is my Macbook Pro running slow after I downloaded the new Lion software? I have a 2.26 GHz intel core 2 duo? whats Wrong?

Why is my Macbook Pro running slow after I downloaded the new Lion software? I have a 2.26 GHz intel core 2 duo? whats Wrong?

Spotlight may be indexing your drive(s). Click the Spotlight icon at the right of your menubar; if it shows things being indexed, that's at least some of the reason.

Why is my macbook pro running slow after os x yosemite upgrade

Why is my macbook pro running so slow after os x yosemite upgrade

Please describe the problem in as much relevant detail as possible. The better your description, the better the chance of a solution.
For example, if the computer is slow, which specific actions are slow? Is it slow all the time, or only sometimes? What other changes did you make, if any, just before it became slow? Have you seen any alerts or error messages? Have you done anything to try to fix it? Most importantly, do you have a current backup of all data? If the answer to the last question is "no," back up now. Ask if you need guidance. Do nothing else until you have a backup.

Why my macbook pro getting hot after using it 10 mins

in these days, i fond my new macbook pro would get hot after using it 10 mins

Hi kifan lin,
If you have concerns about the temperature of your MacBook Pro, you may find the following article helpful:
Mac notebooks: Operating temperature
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1778
Regards,
- Brenden

MacBook Pro running hot after Mt. Lion upgrade

MacBook Pro mid-2009 2.53 with 8GB RAM and 750GB 7200 rpm harddrive: CPU seems to be running much hotter (>70 degrees C) and fan is the normal 2000 rpm per iStat after upgrading to Mt. Lion 10.8.1 and 10.8.2. Bottom of laptop near center screen side is the hottest area. Any ideas why? Or how to cool it off again to the way it was before the upgrade from Lion?
Thanks.

Thanks for your links. My MacBook fan was running constantly from switch on and the underside was getting very hot. Using your first link, I followed the Activity Monitor instructions and found that Dashboard was using '117%'. As soon as I closed it down the fan instantly slowed and after only a few seconds switched off..
Thanks again..

MacBook pro extremely slow after upgrade to Yosemite

after upgrade of MacBook pro to Yosemite everything runs extremely slow. Apps Internet everything. Any fixes for this? I read email chains back from October. Anything more current?

When you have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

MacBook Pro running hot after upgrade

Hey everyone,
First off: Upgraded to Mountain Lion and I absolutely love it. I'm running on a December 2011 MacBook Pro Unibody 15", 8 Gigs ram, i7, SSD 256 drive (Apple). It had Lion installed when it came, obviously.
Now that I upgraded to Mountain Lion, it's running several degrees celcius hotter than before, after a couple of hours of using it. I figured I'd give it a few hours to do its search database thing etc...you know, let the system stuff in the background settle down, but it's still running very hot.
Is this something which eveyrone else has been experiencing? I've got two methods of checking the tempurature: iStat Nano on the Dashboard (which I don't use for anything else...) and smcFanControl which sits in my menu bar. Both give me the same tempurature and it's running literally about 5 to 7 degrees more (or sometimes even spiking at 15 degrees more for a few seconds) than before.
Just wondering if I'm the only one? Should I be patient and give it a day or so? Any tips?
Thanks,
Nat.

You're right that in the first few hours ML will be busy in the background running certain processes like indexing Spotlight and Time Machine.
You can see if these are still indexing by looking at the menu bar. Click on Spotlight - if you get a progress bar saying its indexing, just leave everthing alone till its finished. If you look at the TM icon, it should be slowly circling if TM is still indexing. Again, click on the icon and see what it says.
If these seem to have completed, check in Activity Monitor.app (Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app) as to what is using up %CPU time. If you see kernel_task is running wild (+80%) , try a PRAM reset. To do so, folllow this procedure:
1. Power down the machine.
2. Locate the following keys on your keyboard in preparation for Step 4:
‘command’ – ‘option’ – ‘P’ – ‘R’
3. Press the ‘power on’ button.
4. Immediately – and before the grey screen appears – hold down ‘command-option-P-R’ all together.
5. Keep them held down until you’ve heard the start-up chime twice. After you release them you should hear it again, and hopefully your Mac will boot up as it should and with the kernel_task process back to normal.

Macbook Pro Extremely hot with NO cpu usage

I have a Macbook pro 15" (Mid-2010). Recently my mac is running extremly hot specially when connected to the AC power.
I'm using iStat Pro to monitor sensors, and while charging sometimes CPU reaches 101 degrees celsius. When I detach the power cord, it stays at about 80-85 degrees. My cpu usage is normal, about 1-4%. All the bottom of my mac feels hot, specially under the CPU, but the middle parts too. Fans are also working with highest speed.
Is it a known hardware problem?
Another problem which I've had around the same time, I use "Hardware Growler" to check for usb connections. When I connect a USB flash disk, sometimes it shows a lot of connections and disconnections for Keyboard, Trackpad, IR Remote and stuff. Pushing the usb around doesn't show the same symptom, so it's not a broken board or connector or something.
Have you seen a similar problem? What can I do?

I've solved my problem by resetting PRAM and SMC. I'm writing my solution here so others can try it if they have the same problems.
To reset PRAM, follow instructions in this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
and to reset SMC, follow this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
I think my problem started when I upgraded Parallels Desktop to version 7 (from version 6). I'm not sure if it was the cause, but some kernel extension in parallels could've corrupted SMC and/or PRAM.

Why is my MacBook Pro very slow after installing Mountain Lion 10.8.5. - Solutions?

Hello, hello
After waiting quite a while - I paid the relatively small amount, and got myselves a new OS.
But I am very disappointed of the speed - I see that this also was a problem with OS Lion?
Please assist me. Perhaps others have this problem as well?
Some info:
- 2,66 GHz Intel Core i7 processor
- 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Also
- Sometimes I run the Parallels Desktop 6 and 9 software, does this affect specs of the new OS?
Hope to hear from you guys.
Sincerely,
Harald

With only 4GB of RAM, how much do you have devoted to the virtual machine running under Parallels? Even if it's a small amount, it's going to make page outs and swaps used very high. From my perspective, 8GB of RAM is the 'sweet spot' for running Mountain Lion.
I'm assuming that you've a 15" mid-2010 MacBook Pro? If so, you can speed things up by installing the maximum 8GB of RAM. Go RAM shopping at Crucial or OWC.
Other than upgrading your RAM, the only thing that you can do to speed up your machine is to install a SSD. You can also check the SSDs at Crucial and OWC and decide if one is right for you.
Clinton

Why is my MacBook Pro extremely slow

Hi.
My MacBook Pro has recently began to run extremely slow. I have tried several clean up guides from you tube, but so far nothing has helped.
My battery is completely dead, so I only run with the charger connected.
I have done the etreecheck and here are the results:
Problem description:
My Mac is running extremely slow
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated 17. jan. 2015 kl. 14.51.16 CET
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Replace Now - Cycle count 80
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 7 days 3:2:21
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (301.81 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
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BrytonBridge2 Program Hidden (/Applications/BrytonBridge2/BrytonBridge2.app)
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JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12607 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.2 [Support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Norton Internet Security [Cached]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.88 GB Disk used: 197.07 GB
Destinations:
Data [Network]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 94
Oldest backup: 2011-10-03 14:00:42 +0000
Last backup: 2015-01-17 13:47:50 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 498.88 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      4% WindowServer
      2% Safari
      1% AppleSpell
      0% configd
      0% notifyd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
206 MB iPhoto
129 MB Mail
103 MB Safari
87 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
77 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
59 MB Free RAM
1.56 GB Active RAM
1.52 GB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
3.56 GB Page-ins
35 MB Page-outs
Hope someone will be able to help and guide me through a clean up.

nothing seems out of order, apart from the useless Norton Internet Security.
though, since you don't have lots of RAM, consider rebooting the Mac everyso often ( "Time since boot: 7 days 3:2:21").
" Battery Health: Replace Now": indeed, the battery is dead
Did it start getting slow since Yosemite upgrade? (the new OS does tend to slow things down)

Why is my MacBook Pro so slow after installing Yosemite?

Hello,
I've noticed since i upgrade my macbook pro from maverick to Yosemite it slowed my computer down for almost every thing .it become unusable ,can’t do anything without rainbow wheel appearing . Need help plz
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
memory 4 GB
Etrecheck report:
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
    1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 1019
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510) - Time since boot: 2 days 23:59:4
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 319.21 GB (174.19 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Adware: ℹ️
    Conduit [Adware! - Remove]
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app
    [not loaded]    com.zeobit.kext.AVKauth (1.0 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
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    [not loaded]    com.driver.JRDMassStorageDriverType05 (1.0.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.driver.JRDUSBModemData32 (1.0.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.driver.JRDUSBModemData64 (4.0.5) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.64) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.64) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.4) [Click for support]
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    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
    7 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.awdd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
    5 processes killed due to memory pressure
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    [running]    com.conduit.loader.agent.plist [Adware! - Remove]
    [failed]    com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.divx.update.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.rim.BBDaemon.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
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        /usr/bin/osascript /usr/bin/osascript osascript -e tell application "Folder Actions Dispatcher" to tick
    [loaded]    .dat00f4.77a (hidden) [Click for support]
        /usr/bin/osascript /usr/bin/osascript osascript -e tell application "Folder Actions Dispatcher" to tick
    [loaded]    .dat0171.6b1 (hidden) [Click for support]
        /usr/bin/osascript /usr/bin/osascript osascript -e tell application "Folder Actions Dispatcher" to tick
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    uTorrent    Application (/Applications/uTorrent.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.1.2 [Click for support]
    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.0f6 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.3.1164 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    AdBlock
    SaveFrom.net helper
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
    Perian [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        10%    WindowServer
         9%    Folder Actions Dispatcher
         8%    uTorrent
         5%    launchd
         2%    coreservicesd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    417 MB    Folder Actions Dispatcher
    64 MB    Safari
    52 MB    Pages
    43 MB    WindowServer
    39 MB    uTorrent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    38 MB    Free RAM
    846 MB    Active RAM
    791 MB    Inactive RAM
    747 MB    Wired RAM
    10.64 GB    Page-ins
    435 MB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
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    Mar 10, 2015, 07:41:56 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/DivXMediaServer_2015-03-10-194 156_[redacted].crash

Well, for one thing, you need to get rid of this a it does more harm than good:
[loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Click for support]
as well as this adware:
[running]    com.conduit.loader.agent.plist [Adware! - Remove]
You can use either the manual method or download the app to do it for you:
http://www.thesafemac.com/arg/
Remove unwanted adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac - Apple Support
If your system is still sluggish after ridding your computer of these unwanted things, then consider installing additional RAM - 4 GB is considered the absolute minimum to run Yosemite.

Why is my Macbook Pro very sluggish after the Mountain Lion update?

It's quite frustrating being as this is my first Apple laptop. I figured that it would be easy to update these things.
I was using the prior OS and it worked just fine. Now my Macbook is just as slow as the HP laptop that I had to retire.
I'm using OS X Version 10.8.1
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

With only 4GB of RAM, how much do you have devoted to the virtual machine running under Parallels? Even if it's a small amount, it's going to make page outs and swaps used very high. From my perspective, 8GB of RAM is the 'sweet spot' for running Mountain Lion.
I'm assuming that you've a 15" mid-2010 MacBook Pro? If so, you can speed things up by installing the maximum 8GB of RAM. Go RAM shopping at Crucial or OWC.
Other than upgrading your RAM, the only thing that you can do to speed up your machine is to install a SSD. You can also check the SSDs at Crucial and OWC and decide if one is right for you.
Clinton

Why is my macbook pro extremely hot after Lion install

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