jaylo Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 How often do people wipe there laptops clean and start it fresh,i have a mac 2 years now and seems to be nearly full already saved over 15GIGS but starting to slow down. so will or wont i wipe it and start again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I filled my lappie and went out and got an external hardrive for music files, and iTunes and then wiped the laptop and started afresh. Big up the external hard drive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonman Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 i regularly clean mine. i'm a PC guy so i've got into that routine. I want a new laptop, i'm looking at a Samsung laptop. I'm just not feeling mac's. I play out using my win 7 pc and i have no problems with it crashing or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzY-LogiC Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 It all depends on how much you use the machine and for what... Many installed applications can drag down any computer. Specially when used every day. I'm an old PC guy who now have a foot in both the PC and Mac world as I bought a Macbook Pro back in 2009 and still have an up2date Windows 7 workstation at home. My Windows-rule of thumb has always been (since Win95) to format and reinstall once a year (at least) if it's your primary computer. I only reinstalled my Macbook Pro when Lion (OSX 10.7) came out because I like having a clean slate when installing a new version of the OS (I know... pure Windows noia from back when an update could brake everything :ermm:). The filesystem on Mac's are different and more alike Linux filesystems. They are somewhat more "intelligent" than say, NTFS or FAT32 (used in Windows), in the way they handle files in the background. Defragging and indexing the drive. Bottom line is, they don't get cluttered up as easy and therefore the OS works more efficient. I'd say... when you feel like your computer is getting slow, it's time to format and reinstall the OS. //Fuzzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I use the lappie for music and my kids use it for kids websites and homework. It seems fine since I moved all the music to the external hard drive. The PC gets used for gaming and it has virtual Dj on it. ATM though whenever I browse the Internet on it Firefox keeps shutting down. Don't know why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_k Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 theres steps you can take to speed up a mac if your a mac user. download and use cleanmymac http://macpaw.com/ or use onyx - great program for clearing things or delete your caches in both your home library folder and also macintosh HD root. so home folder/library and delete the caches folder and mactosh HD/library and delete the caches folder reboot and it will re-create and speed things up a lot. onyx will do both of them automated though and its free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Windoze, even 7, is a shockingly bad operating system really, what with all the virii, malware, defragging, patches and clean ups required. I work in IT too, I've found free programs like malwarebytes' antimalware, microsoft security essentials work well for identifying and eliminating any nasties. CCleaner clears out all those temporary files which somehow become permanent and clog up your drive and getting rid of programs that don't uninstall on occasion. Smart Defrag is useful for defragging your drive when it's sitting idle too, although has become annoying with its nagging update reminders (for me anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadrant Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 I wipe my laptop with a bit of lighter fluid (Zippo or otherwise), and a nice cloth: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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