It's possible that it's your ISP and your bandwidth if you are streaming from Netflix web-site.
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 8:01 AM -0800 1/4/2009, rs_poetic wrote: > > [2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac, 1 GB, Airport Extreme 11g] > >>when I bought this great iMac a year ago, it seemed really fast - and >>yet new challenges now seem to be pushing it to the limit. In >>particular, Netflix Instant Play, which we love, stutters a bit, just >>enough to be annoying. > > What OS? Fully updated? Have you run any maintenance tasks? > >>So my question is, where is the bottleneck in internet video >>streaming: computer (with 1 G memory), Airport (older 11g standard), >>or cable (standard package, not the faster upgrade)? > > Those are the possible bottlenecks, any of which could be the cause. > > 1. Fully update your machine's software. > 2. Run the 3 standard maintenance scripts (daily, weekly, monthly) using > OnyX. > 3. Clear and rebuild your system's caches. Do this from OnyX or by > booting into Safe Mode (shift key held down), then rebooting normally. > 4. Clear your browser's caches. > > If the above doesn't fix the problem, then try connecting to the 'net > wired (not wi-fi). > > If that doesn't fix the problem, then we'll have to start looking at > things beyond your LAN - the cable company, etc, to see if there's a > lag there. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
