Workaround for the 27 inch iMac Flash lag

November 3rd, 2009 OrderTarmadol

Filed under: Hardware , Airport , iMac , Troubleshooting We’ve had a few users tell us about performance lags that they’re experiencing with their brand new 27″ iMacs. Our own Casey Johnston even wrote a quick article about the problem last month. Now that everyone has had a few days to play with the issue and try the obligatory troubleshooting steps, we’ve been tipped about a possible solution. One of our readers claims that this isn’t just related to Flash playback… it’s possible that this lag problem is consistent across the system. Flash taxes your …


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