Leopard slow on a brand new Macbook

[IJ Reilly]

It would allow him to officially confirm whether or not his system runs slowly on a fresh install with nothing else on the hard drive but the operating system.

Of doubtful value. An archive & install bypasses any kernel extensions or drivers which may have been installed by third-party software. If software hasn't installed drivers or kernel extensions then that software can't affect the functioning of the OS. The only exception of which I am aware is startup items, which can be addressed easily without an OS reinstall. So for all intents and purposes, he's already done a "fresh" install.

 

[HLdan]

Ditto, I recommend the OP to completely erase his hard drive and play with Leopard on a clean install first, if all goes well then begin to install his needed apps one by one. It's really not the best idea to dump everything back on it at once as it could cause bugginess.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Ditto, I recommend the OP to completely erase his hard drive and play with Leopard on a clean install first, if all goes well then begin to install his needed apps one by one. It's really not the best idea to dump everything back on it at once as it could cause bugginess.

Unsupported by any logical reasons?

 

[HLdan]

Unsupported by any logical reasons?

Huh? Care to elaborate your statement?

 

[cwheatley]

...So for all feature ref fence...

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use the phrase "ref fence".

According to the english dictionary, the correct term for this is "referee fence".

It is important for people to speak clearly when they're talking about the features of their referee fence.

In all seriousness though, I think there's something wrong with your keyboard.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Huh? Care to elaborate your statement?

I did in the post above. If he's already done an archive and install, then he's already removed any kernel extensions or drivers which might have been installed by third party software. If no drivers or kernel extensions have been installed by software, then installed software cannot have an impact on the performance of OSX, with the one stated exception. So I can't support the advice of nuking the hard drive when it doesn't appear to be supported by any troubleshooting logic.

 

[HLdan]

I did in the post above. If he's already done an archive and install, then he's already removed any kernel extensions or drivers which might have been installed by third party software. If no drivers or kernel extensions have been installed by software, then installed software cannot have an impact on the performance of OSX, with the one stated exception. So I can't support the advice of nuking the hard drive when it doesn't appear to be supported by any troubleshooting logic.

Well that's cute an all that you think you know everything but Archive and Install doesn't fix everything and at this point since the OP is still having issues it's always best to exhaust all options before throwing in the towel.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Well that's cute an all that you think you know everything but Archive and Install doesn't fix everything and at this point since the OP is still having issues it's always best to exhaust all options before throwing in the towel.

I don't think I know everything by any means. So tell me, what does archive and install not fix that is fixed with an erase and install? IOW, if you think I am wrong, please tell me specifically in what way.

 

[oceandamion]

after opening console I found hundreds of messages like this, more keep coming up. This is related to my torrent program.

08-02-29 20:27:04 Bits on Wheels[668] *** -[NSCFDictionary objectsForKeys:notFoundMarker:]: marker is nil - this will be an exception in applications linked on Leopard.

Could it be a problem?
Perhaps this app is not really kosher while running on Leopard?

Hi There,
I realise this is an old thread but I seem to be having similar problems and I just wanted to add a few things. I have been getting the same messages coming up in my console which suggests that Bit on Wheels is having some problems. But even when I delete Bits on Wheel and restart the computer, I seem to have the same issues.
I am wondering if Marcinito had these same problems after trying to use a mobile connect usb card. As it seems that this is when I started to have problems. I have uninstalled and updated all associated software, but seem to still be having the problems there too.
This is all sounding a bit like gibberish, but I am feeling a bit addled after going around in circles trying to fix this problem. The system is so slow that loading any page takes minutes rather than seconds. But if I switch off the card and use a dodgy wifi connection, the wifi is much quicker.
So it would appear to be all a usb card problem (vodafone mobile connect), but then the bits on wheels will not work properly either.
Any Suggestions,
Cheers