General slowness on Mavericks

Hi!

Saw in another thread advice to d/l & run EtreCheck & post results in a new discussion. I've pasted the results below.

It seems like RAM usage has been quite high - 3.99 GB used - I've been considering bumping up from 4GB to 8GB or maybe higher. Without cracking the case open, is there a way to determine how many slots I have as well as the current configuration of the physical RAM?

Thanks in advance,

txlonewolf1

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,1

1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 1:8:54

Disk Information:

Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (159.63 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information:

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.0.4)

org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.0.4)

com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5)

com.displaylink.driver.DisplayLinkDriver (2.1 - SDK 10.6)

com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9)

com.logmein.hamachi (1.0)

com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9)

Startup Items:

VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox

Launch Daemons:

[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.avast.init.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.avast.uninstall.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.fitbit.galileod.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.jungledisk.service.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.hamachi.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.raupdate.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[System] com.avast.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.displaylink.useragent-prelogin.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.displaylink.useragent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.hamachimb.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.avast.home.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

Garmin Lifetime Map Updater

iTunesHelper

TextExpander

Dropbox

Alfred

Moom

Internet Plug-ins:

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.961 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.961 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.2.6 Beta - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link

Safari Extensions:

avast! Online Security: Version: 8

AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.0 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

avast! Preferences 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

MacFUSE 3rd-Party support link

Perian 3rd-Party support link

Old Applications:

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app

SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app

SketchUp: Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.app

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office

Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Office Setup Assistant: Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011

Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app

Spin Doctor: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Toast 11 Titanium/Spin Doctor.app

Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

Data Rescue 3: Version: 3.2.2 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

/Users/mac/Applications/Data Rescue 3.app

H&R Block 2012: Version: 1.10 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

H&R Block 2013: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Garmin Lifetime Map Updater: Version: 2.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

25% firefox

11% WindowServer

7% DisplayLinkUserAgent

6% repair_packages

4% DisplayLinkManager

Top Processes by Memory:

455 MB firefox

205 MB mds_stores

111 MB Evernote

94 MB WindowServer

66 MB mds

Virtual Memory Information:

87 MB Free RAM

1.27 GB Active RAM

1.19 GB Inactive RAM

947 MB Wired RAM

2.85 GB Page-ins

19 MB Page-outs