My MacBook Pro is VERY SLOW... why?

The old one shouldn't win, have you run XBench to see what it reports ?
http://www.xbench.com/

Try doing a Parameter RAM reset - hold down apple/option/p/r keys at start up and wait for three chimes before releasing the keys.

Are you running it on AC power with the battery removed? That would cut it's speed in half.

first, check to see if any funky programs are running in the background with Activity Monitor (Go>Utilities>activity monitor). make sure that you look at ALL PROCESSES. If nothing is strange there, then try some routine maintenance.

Run permissions repair (Go>utilities>disk repair). Try your speed test again. If it still is inadequate (and your machine should BLAZE!) try booting from the startup dvd and running permissions repair and repair HD.

Good luck!

I ran the xbench and I got a 117 and change. I have a slightly faster processor and HD, but in looking at the site, you should be able to find a comparable system.

The question is, is there an app that is using huge amounts of CPU? Does the graphic show that most of your processor is free, or occupied? If being used, is there one app that is using tons of processor, and never ending? Sometimes rebooting can fix this, or you can simply force quit the disobedient app.

...if your running Tiger try Onyx for MAC OS X.

This free utility can be downloaded from www.titanium.free.fr

Run a full Hard Disk permissions check, reset the cache and also run the optimizer.

It might make your Mac run a bit faster..

Good Luck,

Nick B

unfortunately his post states that he is running 10.5--I would not run Onyx, or any of its cousins, until they are 10.5-compatible.