> From: Nick Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] PM 7200/AAUI/Ethernet Trivia Questions > >>> Finally, is anyone still surfing the 'Net with a 7200? I'm curious if >>> you're using a DSL connection plugged into the RJ-45 port. Also, whether or >>> not you're still using a stock machine with no upgrades (admittedly >>> unlikely) or what upgrades you do have in the machine. >> _____________________ >> >> I used my 7200 90 in stock form for over two years. which was very >> limiting. The need for newer java required newer Browsers. Newer >> browsers needed newer OS . The upward spiral of expectations. That >> sort of thing. > ________ > > I'm still surfing with my stock 7200/120. I'm on a slow dialup line, cant > get better than 24000 baud, and use iCab, Moxilla and Netscape 4.8 and > OS8.6. I doubt a faster computer would help all that much. > The 4x browsers have very limited support for CSS, the styling standard that is being used a lot on the web. It helps to have later browsers and these do require a bit more memory, speed, HD space... The rate of info coming in from outside might not vary that much on your line, it is the processing, rendering, executing of things that can be improved with upgrades of cpu, ram, hd space and speed (for caching and retrieving uses like back button, saves and stuff)
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