Hey hey hey! Mac geeks in the hooooouuuuusssseeeee!!!!
Help me pimp my Powerbook please.
Okay, so the hard drive died in my desktop computer and I’ve had to rely on my Powerbook to design on. Thing is? I was having to work on large Photoshop files (was designing a billboard) and my Powerbook seemed slooooow to me so due to frustration I feel like I’ve not been doing my best work. I’ve been cursing at it a lot. I keep thinking that although I’m working on huge files it’s not an old enough laptop to be that slow.
I’m in the process of fixing my desktop computer, but since hard drives and memory are pretty cheap right now I want to see if there’s anything I can do to upgrade my laptop as well. I’d like to be happy working on it when need be.
Here are some questions:
1. Years ago I would’ve run Norton Utilities on my computers — does that still help? I don’t mind buying it if it’s worth the money. Is there anything else in particular I should be doing or keeping track of as maintenance to keep my Macs running in top shape at all times? What’s the latest?
2. Here’s the Hardware Profile of my machine. How much more RAM/Storage/whatever can I or should I put in to optimize and upgrade it? If it’s easy I’m happy to install the stuff myself and order it online. (Suggestions on the best brands and webstores to get deals would be great too!)
• Model Name: MacBook Pro 15" (I hook it up to a bigger monitor)
• Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
• Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
• Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
• Number Of Processors: 1
• Total Number Of Cores: 2
• L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
• Memory: 2 GB
• Bus Speed: 667 MHz
• Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
• SMC Version: 1.12f5
Thanks in advance!
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