Thanks to all for prompt suggestions - it might take me a few days to do the maintenance that Dan suggests as a first step, and then I'll let you know the results.... RS
On Jan 4, 2:14 pm, Manuel Jorge Marques <[email protected]> wrote: > It could also be the wi-fi connection... I have an 8 mbit cable > connection here, but I do tell the difference (in terms of > responsiveness...) between the wired and the wireless connection. > > Manuel Marques, Portugal > ---------- > My 68k-server: http://babylonlc.no-ip.org:8080 > > On Jan 4, 2009, at 19:07 , Kyle Parish wrote: > > > > > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
