So yesterday I finally installed Tiger (erase & install). I have put NOTHING back on and have done nothing but play with the widgets for about 5 minutes.
I have a cable modem and the speed used to be great, but now Safari is painfully slow - it's like using dial up. I'm using a 1.5 ghz powerbook & when I compared it to an 800 mhz ibook (which does not have Tiger), the ibook loads MUCH faster.
I ran some of the speed tests listed in other threads. Then I tried a few other things people have suggested (repaired permissions, turned off RSS, restarted). Next, I ran the tests again. Here are my results:
test before/after (800 mhz ibook result)
CNET 1256/1207 (1554)
toast 1557/1357 (2244)
speed test 1165 down & 190 up/3366 down & 340 up (1434 d & 174 u)
your speed 16 mbs & 2032573 thruput/16.5 mbs & 2078299 thruput (6 mbs & 751650 thruput)
I don't really know anything about these tests - why are they so different? Does it even matter?
More importantly, how do I make Safari fast again? I'm going crazy.
Thanks!
I have a cable modem and the speed used to be great, but now Safari is painfully slow - it's like using dial up. I'm using a 1.5 ghz powerbook & when I compared it to an 800 mhz ibook (which does not have Tiger), the ibook loads MUCH faster.
I ran some of the speed tests listed in other threads. Then I tried a few other things people have suggested (repaired permissions, turned off RSS, restarted). Next, I ran the tests again. Here are my results:
test before/after (800 mhz ibook result)
CNET 1256/1207 (1554)
toast 1557/1357 (2244)
speed test 1165 down & 190 up/3366 down & 340 up (1434 d & 174 u)
your speed 16 mbs & 2032573 thruput/16.5 mbs & 2078299 thruput (6 mbs & 751650 thruput)
I don't really know anything about these tests - why are they so different? Does it even matter?
More importantly, how do I make Safari fast again? I'm going crazy.
Thanks!