Why my macbook pro is too slow?

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Performance Guide

Why is my computer slow

Why your Mac runs slower than it should

Hey guys! I have a macbook pro 2012 15" 2,3ghz intel core i7 4gb DDR3, and i think its slower than a mac mini i5 that I use to work. My apps takes some seconds bouncing icon before starting up, sometimes even slower than my old macbook white core 2 duo. I've recently made a clean install of Mavericks and I'm still not satisfied with the performance, im' sure it could work better. Any tips? Should I worry about?

Thankss!!

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

System Software:

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 2:56:11

Disk Information:

APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500,11 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB

MAC HD (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (458,46 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N

USB Information:

Seagate Portable 500,11 GB

pedro (disk1s1) /Volumes/pedro: 500,11 GB (17,34 GB free)

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

FireWire Information:

Focusrite SAFFIRE_PRO_40 400mbit - 400mbit max

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

tc.tctechnologies.driver.Saffire (4.1.3 17357 - SDK 10.6)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

[loaded] tc.tctechnologies.Saffire.plist

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Java

Internet Plug-ins::

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51

Bad Fonts:

None

Old applications:

MemServerUI: Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.5

/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Kontakt 5/kxm/MemServerUI.app

dynamiclinkmanager: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app

dynamiclinkmediaserver: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

6% mds

3% Google Chrome

2% WindowServer

0% EtreCheck

0% AppleSpell

Top Processes by Memory:

98 MB Google Chrome

64 MB Google Chrome Helper

57 MB WindowServer

41 MB iTunes

37 MB Finder

Virtual Memory Statistics:

696 MB Free RAM

1.49 GB Active RAM

738 MB Inactive RAM

709 MB Wired RAM

3.18 GB Page-ins

149 MB Page-outs

You should really start your own post instead of latching on to one that's 3 months old.

However, you should get more RAM. Your stats indicate that you've used virtual memory because you ran out of real memory. Virtual memory (Using the hard drive) is significantly slower than real memory.

Virtual Memory Statistics:

696 MB Free RAM

1.49 GB Active RAM

738 MB Inactive RAM

709 MB Wired RAM

3.18 GB Page-ins

149 MB Page-outs

Your Mac can handle a Maximum of 16 Gigs RAM.