[X-Apps] Stalls and slowdowns

[Gene Steinberg]

On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 08:19  AM, Joe Kimmel wrote:

> Anyone else running OS X on a slow machine (333 iMac).  All of a 
> sudden I am
> going very slow in my apps.  I made a mistake and bought an HP 
> all-in-one
> printer, scanner, etc.  Well it eats the processor at 90+ % at times 
> and has
> many problems.  Now...even when I turn that off my mac is running 
> ultra slow
> now.  I wish there was a good optimizer out there now. I understand 
> the new
> DiskWarrior will have one as well as Tech Tool Pro...
>
> Any other ideas.  My HD is a bit full, but I am remedying some of that.
>
>

The real solution is to update to Mac OS X 10.2.3. That update contains 
the fix for the HP drivers hogging processor time.



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