[X4U] ceasles spinning disk

[Jan Melichar]

In the last month or so both my computer at home and at work have  
taken to spinning the disk an inordinate amount slowing everything  
down. The only changes I can remember is the 10.4.10 update and the  
beta Safari which was a mistake. Is this a known issue or is my  
system  giving up on me?

I have 1GB of memory but this is used up with just a few application.  
For example  If I open Word, and Safari then Acrobat free memory is  
reduced to 25MB; if I then quit all application free memory grows to  
130MB which is considerably less that the 429MB when newly launched.

Yes I have ordered another 1GB of memory but I now wonder if that is  
the solution.

Anyone any idea?

Jan