Does processor speed affect internet browsing?

This might be a stupid question, but does processor speed affect the speed at which you browse at? For example, I have an iBook G4 800. If I stepped up to a 1.5 ghz Powerbook, would browsing the internet be substantially faster than with my iBook provided I am still on my breadband connection here at home? I notice that loading web pages sometimes takes forever and sometimes it is really fast. It usually doesn't matter if I am on wireless or ethernet. On my old 2.66 ghz Compaq laptop, I would be able to load web pages really quick.

nope processor speed would not change that....What you might be experiencing is just a slowdown of the connection because of too many people in your area on at the same time

I just notice that if I am plugged into my router via ethernet and click the same webpage on my desktop at the same time, my dektop always pulls up the page a lot quicker.

I think I solved my problem. I'm using Camino as my browser now and the web pages load up quick!

empty out your preferences and cookies/cacke for safari..and it should speed up.

Emptying the chache slows everything down... the cache is what makes Safari so fast.

Maybe he meant emptying the history.

I have a 1.4GHz, 512MB ram, 80gb hdd, gf3 64mb gfx, and i have had no problems normally if its slow its the website like ebay cause so many people are on it i used an old 100mhz with 24mb ram and a 850mb hdd, 1mb gfx and it could download files at max 120kb/sec but loading websites was like 56k cause the hdd was so slow and ram was always maxed both pcs use windows but that doen't make any difference.

nop it has nothing 2 do with the internet browsing speed !!

Look at the date this thread was started guys...
I think the issue has been sorted

Download firefox and then do this, realy does work for the internet:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts

Alex