My Macbook is WINDOWS SLOW!!! Time to Reformatt??

[fordman10]

I have had my Macbook for two years and for the past few months it has been getting increasingly slower. I do have Leopard, but I installed early in the year, so it is not the new OS X.

When I was a windows guy, I would have to reformat the operating system yearly to keep windows functioning. I didn't think you would have to do it on a Mac, but this is getting painfully slow. When utilizing spaces and expose there is a noticeable chop. Opening up word documents becomes a chore in and of itself.

Do mac's need to be wiped out and started fresh again like windows? The macbook is the 2.0 ghz intel core duo.

Help please!!!

 

[jsonli]

Even in Windows you don't need periodically reformat as long as you keep an eye out on what gets installed and what's running in the background.

 

[silverblack]

I do find that a fresh OS in mac runs snappier, but I wouldn't use the term 'need' to reinstall OS X regularly like in Windows.

Before you take this route, did you look into some maintenance softwares; like Oynx and Cocktail. Google Mac tune up for more. They may be all your Mac needs.

 

[fordman10]

I do find that a fresh OS in mac runs snappier, but I wouldn't use the term 'need' to reinstall OS X regularly like in Windows.

Before you take this route, did you look into some maintenance softwares; like Oynx and Cocktail. Google Mac tune up for more. They may be all your Mac needs.

Oynx definitely gave my computer a swift kick in the ***.... Thanks for the recommendation; it looks like a reformat will not be needed! Gotta love the Mac's

 

[sactownbwoy]

kinda off topic but a good deframenter would have kept your windows pc running smothly. Also like others mentioned good maintenance software to keep files in check should help with the mac

 

[monkey86]

macjanitor will sort you out, it is ace!