VestMan wrote:
How much RAM? 1GB
That probably related to your issue. I'd plan on upgrading RAM. Max is 3GB (you can actually install two 2GB modules, but only a bit over 3GB will be usable). I recommend checking out Macsales, Kingston (not their value RAM), and Crucial among others with a 100% compatibility guarantee and a lifetime warranty. Macsales, ifixit, youtube, etc. have illustrated installation instructions.
Checked Activity Monitor page outs/swap used and for other processes using CPU? I am unsure as what this means, I am not sure how to do that.
One way to get an idea whether more RAM will help or not, is to check Page outs and Swap used. First, use your Mac as you normally would, the longer the better (checking this right after starting up isn’t likely to show you anything). After you’ve used your Mac for awhile (again, the longer the better), go to Applications > Utilities > open Activity Monitor > in the top menu at right, select All Processes in the drop down menu > near the bottom of the window click on System Memory. If Page outs is more that about 10% of Page ins, and/or Swap used is large, chances are good that adding RAM will help. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342
At least 15% free space available on HD? I have only 18.5 GB available on my 120 GB HD, so barely.
Although it isn't helping, that's probably not at the heart of the current issue; it's something to think about upgrading in the near future though.
Verified/repaired disk? I need to locate my disk, it is currently misplaced.
You can run Verify from Disk Utility while booted to your HD normally.
How fast is your download speed? Where might i look that up, and specifically which download speed?
That's the speed you're paying your ISP for. IDK if it's related, but it would seem that if you have, say, 20Mbps download speed and you're using all of it for whatever, that's going to make things toasty on your MBP. One place to look is on iStat Pro; if you don't have it, I recommend getting it, as it's a good app to have.