Yosemite on a 2.4 intel core 2 duo processor

Hey guys, so i download OS X Yosemite on my mac and i noticed that my computer has really slowed down. It takes a while to open applications and basically doing anything on my mac. I dont know what year this mac was released, but it currently is equipped with a 2.4 core 2 duo processor and 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3. I really have two questions:
did the update possibly cause the slowing down of my mac
Is there anything that i can do to solve this small problem. I would like to still keep Yosemite though. Are there any other ways i can improve the speed of this computer?

Depends on what you do with it and what you installed in the past. 4GB is pretty much the operational minimum for Yosemite. If all you do is email, surf, and basic office work, it should run Ok.
If you installed any system modifications, cleaners, optimizers, maintainers, anti-virus, etc, they may be incompatible, or just junk. That may be the cause of the slowdowns.
When it runs slow, open Activity Monitor and look at the CPU tab and Memory tab.
Sort by CPU (or memory) Descending so you can see what is using up most of the CPU/RAM.
Also, on the Memory tab, what does it say for Memory Pressure (red, yellow, green) and how much swap is used?

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http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/06/lion-...u-2-gb-of-ram/
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You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0/system-requirements/

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First you need to research all the problems people are having with the higher OSX versions, & make sure you have a bootable clone of what you have just in case.
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General requirements
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http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
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Other countries...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57

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