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Dear Mac Forum; Hoping this is the right place to post this...I am experiencing an unusual delay with our Internet connectivity when using my new (~10/20/11) iMac, and hoping to gain some insight/ideas/next steps. When pulling up a new page from the Internet using Safari browser, via clicking a link or entering a URL, there is an unusual delay that I cannot understand. I have a fast cable modem (25MB down 4MB up) connection. To perform a sanity check, I setup my notebook pc in my office next to the iMac: Toshiba Satellite (1st generation) i5 @ 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 1/2TB 7200 RPM drive, Windows 7 64-Bit, MS Internet Explorer browser. The first thing I tried was an Internet speed test. Really strange that when I run an Internet speed test on both machines, they seem to come out about the same, ~26MB down and ~4MB up. The only difference seems to be that the test on the iMac takes much longer to load before it starts. When testing with the exact same links and URL's, I often experience a delay of 10-15 seconds or more to begin to download the page on my iMac vs. the notebook that has nowhere near the specs of the iMac: Mid 2011 27" (2nd generation) i7 @ 3.4GHz, 12GB RAM, 1TB 7200 RPM HD, Lion 10.7.2. After the initial download delay ends, there are sometimes additional delays with the downloads that just don't seem to occur on the laptop. Since the iMac is new, the only applications that I have installed are MS Office for Mac and Adobe Flash. Note that I am connected using WiFi with both the iMac and notebook, and have tried connecting the iMac via Ethernet to take that out of the equation, but no change. Does anyone have any ideas or comments that may shed some light or assist in resolving this issue? Thank you in advance for any help you may provide...