On Mar 17, 2005, at 5:26 AM, Len Gerstel wrote:
It is not often that I disagree with Bruce, but...
While a faster Mac will not get you faster downloads, it WILL render pages faster. Using the speed tests at dslreports.com, I got the same up and download speeds on both my beige G4 533 as I got on a Digital Audio 933. This was using a a dLink 802.11b wireless network and I got the same speed with a pc directly wired to the router, so I know the wireless network was not the bottleneck. The best I've ever tested was 2.5Mb download and 700Kb up.
However, the pages rendered on my screen much faster so it APPEARED that my surfing had sped up. This is particularly noticeable on complex or large pages, like the pgatour.com stats pages where there are over 200 golfers listed, most with hyperlinks to other pages.
Since I eliminated the network from the equation, it must be the Mac that makes the difference. Whether it is the Graphics card (GeForce2 MX vs the Radeon 7000- most likely answer) or the processor I am not in the position to test.
HTH, Len
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I agree with Len. I have a Imac dv and MDD both hardwired to the internet. Same OS. Both with a gig of ram. The MDD is much faster when browsing and loading pages.
The Imac can be painful to use sometimes depending on the website.
Steph
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