[OSX-Users] Re: Lion running like a drain

[Mischa Tuffield]

On 1 Feb 2012, at 14:49, Jules Field wrote:

> Have you installed anything like iStat Menus to monitor it? That will show disk i/o and such like as well, which might give you a better idea of what's going wrong.

Since iStat started bugging me for monies, I have been using MenuMeter instead, it seems to work really well, and doesn't use much in terms in resources : 

http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ 

Mischa

> 
> Otherwise your fastest way to reinstall it is to drop it off with me, or else bring in both laptops and we'll clone the Air onto the Pro if you like?
> 
> Jules.
> 
> On 01/02/2012 13:28, Hugh C Davis wrote:
>> 
>> Folks, did we get any resolution from the issue that mc raised earlier.
>> 
>> I have a McBook Pro 15 and a MacBook Air 11, both running essentially the same portfolio of software.
>> 
>> Since installing Lion the macBook Pro has ground to a halt. It is displaying all the frustrating features that made me leave Windows. The MacBook Air still seems to be working OK. (Note that there is no sign of any problem with large CPU usage or network usage)
>> 
>> I'm quite happy to reformat the damn thing and reinstall from scratch, but can anyone assure me that my effort will be rewarded?
>> 
>> And how do I do this? I saw stuff about USB keys etc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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