Hi all,
You all have been very helpful to me in the past. I'm hoping that you can help me out again.
I'm decently knowledgeable about PCs, but when it comes to Macs I'm much more lost. I work in a school, and all of the computers in my classroom as PCs, which is good. Howver, my colleague next door has a half a dozen Macs. They are very slow, and we're trying to figure out why. Here are the specs, which appear to be the same on all of them:
Machine Name: eMac
Machine Model: PowerMac4,4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 700 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.4.2f1
Serial Number: G82376NPNAH
So is there anything about these specs that might suggest why the machines are so slow? They tend to freeze when you try to open or quit Safari. Several have Explorer and Firefox installed as well as Safari. Should we uninstall?
I'd ask the district's (one and only) computer guy but he is not very available, since he's in charge of every single computer in the district (5 high schools, plus district offices). It would be great if there was something we could do to get these computers running more smoothly without having to call him in.
What else should we be looking for, in terms of malicious software or whatever? And where do we look? I checked the software applications list and nothing jumped out at me as being bad. I can provide a list here, though, if that would be helpful.
Thank you so much for your help! I appreciate it very much.
- Sophia
You all have been very helpful to me in the past. I'm hoping that you can help me out again.
I'm decently knowledgeable about PCs, but when it comes to Macs I'm much more lost. I work in a school, and all of the computers in my classroom as PCs, which is good. Howver, my colleague next door has a half a dozen Macs. They are very slow, and we're trying to figure out why. Here are the specs, which appear to be the same on all of them:
Machine Name: eMac
Machine Model: PowerMac4,4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 700 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.4.2f1
Serial Number: G82376NPNAH
So is there anything about these specs that might suggest why the machines are so slow? They tend to freeze when you try to open or quit Safari. Several have Explorer and Firefox installed as well as Safari. Should we uninstall?
I'd ask the district's (one and only) computer guy but he is not very available, since he's in charge of every single computer in the district (5 high schools, plus district offices). It would be great if there was something we could do to get these computers running more smoothly without having to call him in.
What else should we be looking for, in terms of malicious software or whatever? And where do we look? I checked the software applications list and nothing jumped out at me as being bad. I can provide a list here, though, if that would be helpful.
Thank you so much for your help! I appreciate it very much.
- Sophia
... (that's sure to strike up some heated conversation)
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