Dial-Up Performance

Hey all, I just ordered my 12" IBook. I've never touched a Mac before so bare with me and my questions. I will be using the wireless at school but I only have dial-up at home, how does it work on mac, seem faster than pc?

Thanks

You can set up a dialup internet connection using the internal modem on your iBook with the Internet Connect application. (Should be in /Applications.) Have your account info and ISP modem number ready; call your ISP's help number if you have problems.

I doubt it'll be any faster than a PC. Dialup is slow, no matter what.

I would suggest that you use Firefox (or another Mozilla browser) rather than Safari on a dialup connection, though. Safari likes to render pages all at once, which is okay on broadband but leaves you hanging on dialup.

i dont' believe using Firefox is a great idea. I would recommend Camino (basically Firefox but made for OS X) or OmniWeb (really, really good).

And I have to agree with technologist - dialup is slow no matter what... sadly.

at my fathers house he has dial up and actauly it is faster...my dad's pc connects at like 25kps and my mac connects at a 49kps.. but yea it is still slow....i have used firefox and safri on his dial up and it is soo slow.. you cant really tell the difference...

xthisisRomancex said:

at my fathers house he has dial up and actauly it is faster...my dad's pc connects at like 25kps and my mac connects at a 49kps.. but yea it is still slow....i have used firefox and safri on his dial up and it is soo slow.. you cant really tell the difference...

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Does your father have a new modem? Because if not, it is quite probable that modem is to be blamed here. Maybe he's got only 33.6 Kbps modem... :-/