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Internet gradually not working mac

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gnar_points
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Over the past week and a half I've noticed my internet is gradually deteriorating. I;ve had my macbook pro since 2009 and am wondering if something is wrong? Webpages are loading slower, if at all, and I constantly have to close/re-open browsers. I finally upgraded from leopard to mountain lion over a month ago, and it worked fine the first few weeks. Now I am getting annoyed and concerned. Anyone else have this happen and know any solutions?
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roddy116
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AIDS
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a.bott
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AIDS
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Dr.Gonzo
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Buy a gnu one
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gatley-o9mil.
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the manual says to apply percussive maintenance with a blunt metallic object
I use a hammer
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roddy116
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i give mine AIDS
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nkmo.
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ML on a 2009 mac is pointless. Should've stayed at Snow Leopard.
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charmander
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My macbook from 08 is doing the same thing, feels bad man
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ThaLorax
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A lot of programs don't support older macs now. I'm having the same problem.
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chicken
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what browser are you using?

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chicken
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safari web content gradually uses more memory on my machine until it's using 6gb of ram, and the rest of osx is using up almost all of the other ram so my system grinds to a halt. They claim that OSX is good at memory management and that safari only will use up as much memory as is avaliable. So if you do somthing else safari is supposed to instantly use less or some shit. Chrome gave me similar problems.

The best solution to your problem is quite easy. All you need is a usb memory stick. What you do is go to this site http://pearlinux.fr/download/ and follow the instructions.

If you do it correctly your macbook pro will essentially run like a new computer, and no one at the coffee shop will know it's an imposter.
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chicken
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this one is actually better IMO http://www.oslike.se/, but it's quite old. Only like 5 years ahead of OSX or something.
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--ski--
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Just wondering, what package manager does Pear Linux use? apt?
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--ski--
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Don't worry, saw on their site that it's ubuntu based, so it'll be apt.
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BrewskiJr
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Bro that's what you get for buying a Mac. Tey always crash. You should just ditch it and buy a Mac. Soooo much better. They never crash and last forever! It's so fast too!!!
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90053
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errrr..that doesn't compute....err...wait..err...you're under arrest
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BrewskiJr
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its sarcasm towards mac fanboys to what they usually say when PC's crash.... except its a mac
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Bateman
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I've had the same issues today.
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gnar_points
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My next laptop will for sure be a PC.
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I_Am_Mod
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me too except i'm on windows and from one day to the other my internet is shit! if i want to check notifications on facebook i need to close and reopen it like 4 times and same for NS and my email :/

wtf is up ?!
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Bateman
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i'm not sure.. this is horseshit.
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I_Am_Mod
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opening webpages on google chrome is now very much like trying to start a beat up diesel on a cold winter morning...
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flatland
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Don't worry, I appreciate your star wars reference.
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90053
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:)
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Skithedeep
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I was having a similar problem about a year ago and I just stopped using Safari and switched to Chrome and now I have no problem at all.
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Zimmerman
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Porn. Definitely porn.
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Mitchell.
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the shit you say in threads.. yikes
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JIB_WALRUS
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BUy fulltilts
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BrewskiJr
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Yikes?
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gatley-o9mil.
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give AIDS all percussive like
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