Back in November, I was using a 36K modem in a 1400cs/166 running German OS 8.6.
Discovering that surfing meant waiting for the waves, I bought a 56K modem. The
difference was rather small -- mind you, Germany's Internet capacities are fairly
maxed out, so you might have a different experience where you live. Downloads were a
bit snappier, but pages loaded about the same, perhaps a tiny bit faster.
Then I upgraded the processor by installing a Sonnet 333 MHz card and was forced to
upgrade to 9.1. The processor made all the difference in the world. Now I have DSL and
feel like I am flying.
I have used iCab through three builds now and it will remain my standard browser. I
still can't do banking with it, but the newest version of Apple's URL access allows
iCab to get to more https sites, including Apple's own. For graphic intensive pages,
MSIE is still better, but iCab's ability to filter out banners and script balances
that out. The developers are also very responsive to email questions and answer right
away (they also speak English). The only advantage to Communicator/Netscape was the
integrated mail feature, but I use a little shareware program called eMailAlert for
the quick stuff (like right now). iCab also has a mailer, by the way, and you can BCC
yourself a copy if you like.
Other than the software suggestions others have made, I would suggest making sure you
have the latest versions of Open Transport, Remote Access, and Java that will run on
your machine.
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