Who is Becky? Not the LADY, is it?? Mirko
Mark Smith said: > At Wed, Aug 27, 2003, the nimble fingers of Mirko Kranenburg typed the > following: > >>Take a download helper such as iGetter. When it does its thing at full >>speed, PM is not able to access the outside world either. It is not the >>system that is monopolized, but the bandwith, and that is why both apps >>are so fast at what you bought them for. > > PM is fast? > Sorry to disillusion you Mirko, but Becky 2 on my 700 MHz PC is several > orders of magnitude faster than PM on my 800 MHz iMac. That is not to say > that PM is slow, but it certainly ain't fast. > > On the other hand, I have not noticed this slowdown of Internet access > with any of the versions of PM I have used. However, I leave the program > running all the time, checking mail every 30 minutes, and only check when > it notifies me of new mail. Even so, I have not noticed regular slowdowns > in web browsing, which is what I am normally doing if I am at the > computer, especially in the mornings. Has anybody noticed this hogging of > bandwidth by PM, on OS X? > -- > Mark Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ancient Japan & Japanese Soccer Info: <http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~hab26240/> > > Written while listening to: Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition by > Mussorgsky/Balakirev from Mussorgsky : Pictures At Exhibition - Balakirev > > > > -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, QuickSilver 733, 1Gb RAM Freeway Pro 3.5, NavPak, GraphPak PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes the whole MarinerPak

