i Mac 21" slowing down

[Dasha]

I am running Snow Leopard on a 21" iMac with 2GB of Ram. The Activity Monitor tells me I only have 110.5 MB free and the problem I have is that the computer of late has slowed down with the rotating coloured beach ball showing up in particular just after startup when waiting to open a program.
If I was to increase the amount of RAM would it possibly help over come this situation??

 

[TyPod]

Yes, it definitely would help. What model iMac do you have?

 

[yjchua95]

I am running Snow Leopard on a 21" iMac with 2GB of Ram. The Activity Monitor tells me I only have 110.5 MB free and the problem I have is that the computer of late has slowed down with the rotating coloured beach ball showing up in particular just after startup when waiting to open a program.
If I was to increase the amount of RAM would it possibly help over come this situation??

2GB of RAM is insufficient. For SL, you should have at least 4, or even better, 8.

Also, you should consider getting an SSD. Extra RAM only helps in multitasking, but won't reduce beach balls.

 

[Dasha]

Slow running iMac

Yes, it definitely would help. What model iMac do you have?

I have a iMac 7,1 two core duo 2.4 GHz Mid year 2007 Model, first of the aluminium body types with a 320 GB HDD.
I have 225 GB left on the HDD and have run checks on it which where OK.