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Speeding up my Mac

omeletpants

omeletpants

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Anyone have any suggestions on speeding up my mac and web browsing? Do removing fonts or languages help? If, so what is the safest way to do this?
 
Yeah, I think you'll need to be a bit more specific, like what web browser, what is actually slow, and any bottlenecks on the system(RAM, CPU, internet connection).
 
I find Camino to be kind of crappy. Firefox is lightening for me, and so is Safari. I just like the extensions feature of Firefox.

I have a G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz, so if it's fast for me, it'll be blazing for you.
 
lamina said:
I find Camino to be kind of crappy. Firefox is lightening for me, and so is Safari. I just like the extensions feature of Firefox.

I have a G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz, so if it's fast for me, it'll be blazing for you.
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agreed..safari is slightly faster iThink...or is it jst simpler...?
 
I definatly fee lthat safari is faster than camino. I used camino for amny long months and than asked myself "Why not safari?" Tried it and i notivced a significant speed difference and have been using it since.
 
don't use onyx it is a highly invasive utility that runs at way to high a cpu% and requires you to launch each time. I used to love it, now it's like a dirty ex, you don't want to hear anybody suggesting that someone else use it! I would suggest you get MainMenu, which has more options and runs in the menubar with a great drop down window.
 
Safari is faster than Camino. End of story. Try using Safari, and you will be better off. Removing fonts and languages wont help.
 
I haven't used Camino for a while, but last I knew it was very generically compiled.

When I was using it, I found that getting an optimized build (G4 or G5 specific) made for a significantly faster experience -- you might want to see if they are still available.
 
Zwhaler said:
Safari is faster than Camino. End of story. Try using Safari, and you will be better off. Removing fonts and languages wont help.
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Interesting. I was just at an Apple store yesterday at the Genius Bar. He said that Camino was the fastest browser for Mac
 
omeletpants said:
Interesting. I was just at an Apple store yesterday at the Genius Bar. He said that Camino was the fastest browser for Mac
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i would classify alot of members here as apple experts! as far as browsers go, just mess with them a while and pick the one you like best
 
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