Mac n00b / Switcher Tip: Avoiding Slowdowns in OS X

I was going to spend about a week or two putting together a detailed discussion of the slowdowns that sometimes occur in OS X and how to avoid them for all of you Mac n00bs / Switchers out there.  Fortunately for me and for you, MacFixIt today released a nicely detailed tutorial on this subject: "While virtually all users will experience a spinning pinwheel (and associated unresponsiveness from a specific application, a group of applications or the entire system) from time to time, there are a number of measures you can take to lessen the occurrence of these incidents and eliminate standstills." Lots of good information over there.  Check it out.