It’s tough to get the most out of your system some times. But there are little things that can be done that the average user doesn’t think of. For example, Widgets are nice, but even though you don’t see them, they’re stealing all your memory from you. The more of these you have open, the slower your system will run. Having a ton of applications will also reduce system performance, surprisingly enough to some. Memory is one the largest keys to upping the performance curve and I’m always telling people, “too much is never enough.” Memory is cheap, so ram (pun intended) as much in as you can.

If you’re curious what else you can do to gain more performance from your Mac OS X install, I’d suggest taking a look at the Mac Guide: Enhancing Performance Of Mac OS X. It’s got the basics, but again, basics many don’t think of. Give it a read over and apply your new found knowledge…and close some of those Widgets, please. :)

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