M.Milligan said: >I have an iBook, 2 USB, 1.2GHz, with 750MB ram. I notice when I have >Mail and Safari running, in OS X 10.3.8 the beach ball seems to become >more obvious when ever the computer seems to be thinking or processing. > >Isn't 750MB RAM enough? Can I do something to not wait upwards of 5 or >10 seconds everytime I want to page down a page on a url? Try running all of the routine maintenance at: OS X Routine Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html Usually that will ruturn your Mac to peak efficiency, unless you have installed an HP driver or certain Symantec/Norton products. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html