I draw the same comclusion having tried slow computers on cable modem in the past, and my fast computer on dialup now.
its the computer speed, connection speed is not a big factor at all. except when it comes to video plugins.. -dman84 Travis Crump wrote: > I think it has more to do with the speed of the computer. Six months > ago, I tried Mozilla on my old computer(166MHz, 32MB ram), and it was > unusable to the point where even if there was a 100% performance > improvement since then I think it would still be unusably slow(though I > haven't tried it). Then I got a new computer(1.2GHz[Athlon], 384MB > ram), and I really can't imagine a noticeable performance improvement to > be possible for my browsing style... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I have read/heard amny comments as to Mozilla's performance. Many >> people claim Mozilla is very slow. I know that DHTML is slow, but >> other than that I find Mozilla reasonably fast. But then I am >> connected to the internet by a broadband cable connection. >> >> My question is this: Does Mozilla have a much poorer level of >> performance on a dialup connection when compared to other browser >> (also using dialup)? Is this why people say Mozilla is slow because of >> how poorly it handles a dialup connection? Is it that Mozilla is >> better at handling a broadband (vs dialup) connection when it is >> compare to other browsers (using broadband)? >> >> I don't find Mozilla to be as slow as some claim it is. Is this >> because the majority of people who claim Mozilla is slower than other >> browsers are on a dialup? >> >
