Multitasking like a boss

[Steve Jobs.]

I have a Macbook Pro June 2009 (2.53ghz C2D, 4GB Ram, 9400m)


Here is the situation

Currently, I am running the following things at once and the computer can't do it smoothly. There are alot of stuttering and stuff which i shouldn't experience having paid 2000 dollars for this machine.

Multitask List:
-A Game (WoW or HoN)
-Itunes (with music playing)
-Firefox (with 2 or 3 tabs usually)
-Mail


What kind of upgrades would i have to make to run these tasks at once seamlessly? Basically, would more RAM help much or am i screwed because of the crap video card?

I am definitely sure that it is the games that are throwing it off balance because i have never had a problem with multitasking when a game isn't running. Without the game, i can have many firefox windows and word documents and itunes players open and the comp won't hiccup.

But its stupid because these games don't even require that much spec of a computer! Note that i have just recently started playing these games.

 

[ttran88]

I honestly have the same thing happen to me. All i'm doing is have a bunch of tabs open in google chrome. I don't know if its google chrome or mac. everything will start lagging as I type so I'll see what I type 10 seconds later. Also, sometimes it lags and so the trackpad is still registering a movement from my finger, and it doesnt do **** so i do it again and then it acts like a double click because the first action is still pending. THIS IS BULL ****. i get so frustrated. I can't go to apple because it wont happen in front of them.

i have a 09 2.26 mbp 4 gb ram. and a SSD. wtf is going on. its been happening alot lately.

 

[Opstech]

I played WOW on mine and had no lag or skips while playing, but when i'm working on Final Cut, I have to close everything in order to run/view my edits.

It's really annoying
See my tag for specs

 

[vong]

i got the mid 2010 mbp 13" high end. i do not lag when i cmd + f (minimize HON) but i do get lag when i cmd + m SC2.

 

[One6]

Browser can be a CPU hog, I know firefox some time is.

 

[Steve Jobs.]

I honestly have the same thing happen to me. All i'm doing is have a bunch of tabs open in google chrome. I don't know if its google chrome or mac. everything will start lagging as I type so I'll see what I type 10 seconds later. Also, sometimes it lags and so the trackpad is still registering a movement from my finger, and it doesnt do **** so i do it again and then it acts like a double click because the first action is still pending. THIS IS BULL ****. i get so frustrated. I can't go to apple because it wont happen in front of them.

i have a 09 2.26 mbp 4 gb ram. and a SSD. wtf is going on. its been happening alot lately.

This explains exactly what is happening! Its really lame because i paid $2000 bucks for this damn thing hahah, i expect it to do some basic things without being retarded.

I still love the machine alot but i was not happy to see this happening today.

 

[rywat]

1) If you want to play games buy a comp. with a dedicated graphics card
2) ?????
3) Profit!

Seriously though, it's most likely that WoW is using up all your RAM. Check the activity monitor when all that stuff is running.

 

[zmttoxics]

I am pretty sure WoW isn't big on multithreading and it doesn't sound like a gpu problem (my iMac has the same cpu and chugs along quite well). This is probably a FireFox problem, its wanting the cpu a little too much for your comfort. A good way to check is to watch the activity monitor. If it was a ram problem, you would see a LOT of swap outs on the memory information section.

 

[Steve Jobs.]

I tired other browsers as well and they tend to do the same thing although a little better than firefox.