Hope this helps
Here is the report from the EtreCheck program I found on these discussions.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:33
Disk Information:
WDC WD5000BPVT-22HXZT3 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
MacBkPro500 (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (482.14 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
Unknown!
Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
User Login Items:
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
1% WindowServer
0% fontd
0% opendirectoryd
Top Processes by Memory:
57 MB com.apple.quicklook.satellite
57 MB Finder
53 MB Dock
45 MB SystemUIServer
45 MB com.apple.dock.extra
Virtual Memory Information:
1.33 GB Free RAM
750 MB Active RAM
195 MB Inactive RAM
1.49 GB Wired RAM
173 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs