System hangs when switching between apps in OS X Mavericks for 10-30 seconds

After upgrading to Mavericks I am getting an annoying behaviour of the system getting stuck for 10-30 seconds when switching between the applications. It seams that the applications are stuck , mouse is not moving but other stuff like activity monitors gets updated ( you still can't move the window or mouse)....


Anybody exprience the same behaviour?


Thanks,

Simon

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 4:37 AM

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Jan 11, 2014 11:41 PM in response to sfishgang

I don't think it has anything to do with Mavericks, but with some technology in the MacBook Pros which was present but never used until latest versions of Apps. In my case it's chrome, when switching between apps too quickly.


You can tell it will freeze because it takes longer to switch.


It's that (faulty new technology released too soon) or a timer making computers to suddenly die so we buy another.


For me, latest Apple products are lasting less than before.

I used to own laptops and desktops until I sell them working like 4-6 years later, and this one has less than 4 and it's already crashing hard. (a rectangular piece of screen is filled with black and white squares, kind of one of those pixel noise codes to scan with the phone, but wider. Obviously something with the video card.

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