Intermittent crashes and lagging responses.
Hi,
I have had my macbook for two years now and have had the problem for about a year, I have been unable to take it to a shop as I have been away at university.
So basically, no matter what I do the system just seems slow about everything, and when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING. Whether it be opening up emails, switching tabs in safari or opening a downloaded file, there is almost always a crash and a delay before it does it. The delays usually come with the loading colour wheel, which is there for about 4 or 5 seconds and then it goes and the system will be like normal again.
I have tried re-installing the software from the disk TWICE, so it was 100% back to it's factory defaults, but the problem resumes... I'm not an expert with these sorts of things but I'm guessing it has to be something hardware related instead then? Am I the only one with this issue? Does anyone know if this might be covered under apple care? I am a very poor student and wont be able to pay much to repair it until I graduate :/
Thanks in advance for any help!
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2)