>Just a note to end a story. > >I wrote a few days ago about my rev A that wouldn't run any browser fast >any more. The iMac and a few other boxes including a windows NT box >live on the same router and DSL service. The NT box had been >embarrassing my iMac for a few months. Well I figured it out. > >Uncle George suggested trashing Netscape's preferences. This didn't >seem like the solution because iCab, Opera and IE all were stubbornly >slow on the Mac. So I trashed the TCP/IP preferences!! The one thing >all the browsers had in common. I had to set my TCP/IP connection up >again and now I'm back to full speed surfing again! > >I can't say why it slowed down in the first place though.. weird huh? > >Mark
Perhaps the data on the hard drive was highly fragmented. When you trashed the preferences, the new file generated was written to a contigous section of the hard drive. Uncle George -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
