On 6 Dec 2005, at 2:30 pm, Daniel Rubinstein wrote: > My question is: 1. are there any benchmark tests available to test > the computer? I want to have some hard evidence to demonstrate > speed issues 2. Is there a recommended optimizing tool? I did the > 'repair permissions' stuff, but that did not seem to help. The first thing I would do is boot from the install disk and run disk utilities. HTH Tom