Pirates is really slow

[MacIronhawk]

Try updating your graphics card/driver and setting everything on pirates to low.

While playing you can also turn off things that are on.
Ex. In the bottom right hand corner you may see yahoo or things that don't have to be on while playing. Just right click on them and exit or quit.
Do NOT turn off any virus protections or spyware.

If none of that works then try buying more memory for your computer. I would say about 2GB of memory.