Try installing adblock for safari, it'll cut down the amount of ads it has to display.
Safari menu > safari extensions gallery > adblock While you're at it, install 'comic sans be gone' Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 13 Jan 2011, at 08:32, Graham Street <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the same setup, running on a 5-year-old MacBook Pro. No slowdowns at > all. I also run Chrome, Firefox (3, and 4 Beta), Opera and Camino. I have to > test new websites in them, so that's why I run a lot. At the moment I mainly > use Safari for normal browsing but do some detailed testing in Firefox > because the tools are better. My preference is actually Chrome and I may move > to that. It does seem very fast. Firefox needs a restart now and again to > release memory it seems to hog. But, on the other hand, none of them are > really slow. > > Graham > > > on 13/01/2011 08:18 Philippe Chandless sent the following: >> >> Good morning, >> >> I'm running the latest version of Safari (5.0.3) on my venerable Macbook >> with OS 10.6.6 and it's really slow. About half the time it seems to hang >> for up to a minute before loading a page and, generally, feels very clunky. >> >> My question is; is it my 4 year old MacBook (due to be replaced as soon as I >> get some £'s), Safari itself or something else. I've repaired permissions >> (don't know if it helps). >> >> If it is Safari, is there a consensus about which of the other browsers >> (Chrome, Firefox & Opera) is 'best'? >> >> All the best >> Philippe >> -- >> Sent with Sparrow >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
