> Chas I have agreed with your past advice but this one about the hard > drive I > have to disagree totally. Since when does the hard drive have to do > with > internet speed. He clearly stated he has 2.5 gigs left. That is PLENTY. > The hard drive *does* have some effect on internet speed because of the amount of disk caching going on. More disk caching = slower performance. RAM caching is much, much quicker.
In Mac OS X, 2.5 gigs is not a lot of working room, just barely enough to operate normally IMHO. I don't recall if the OP was running X or not, but my comment was that if he has 2.5 Gigs left he is clearly outgrowing it. This comment was made based on the assumption that he has a 10GB drive or larger. Obviously if he has a 3GB drive and 2.5 of it is free, the comment is invalid. > I am running with 800 megs left on my 10 gig and my connection with > dsl fly > with the one exception being Ebay. > Anytime you are working with less than 10% of your drive remaining free, you are asking for trouble. You too are outgrowing your drive and should think about either slimming down or moving up to a larger drive. > The other browsers will help compared to Netscape and IE but the > original OP > certainly doesn't need to get a new harddrive or Mac. > It was one suggestion among many, based on his desire to achieve performance parity with a PC that is rated three times faster in clock cycles than his, the notion that he is outgrowing his hard drive, etc. A newer machine is certainly going to have better performance than an older machine. > Charles try the other including Netscape and IE with all their memory > bumped > up. Change the ram disk size to 0 in the preferences of the browsers, > DSL > etc connections actually load pages faster with the Cache setting at > 0. For > 56k modems make a ram disk on the desktop and assign it to the browser > cache's in your preferences. > This is a non-issue for me as I have a fast cable connection and don't have any issue with slow loading. > Also remember Ebay will slow any browser down. Heh! _Chas_ Come to ... The CHASbah! http://thechasbah.blogspot.com Chas' CULTural Calendar (for Orlando): http://ical.mac.com/chasm/Chas'CULTuralCalendar -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
