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why is web browsing so slow in Leopard, compared to linux and windows
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<blockquote data-quote="tripleninez" data-source="post: 1015027" data-attributes="member: 146998"><p>hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>this is my first post in the mac forums....</p><p></p><p>i am wondering how to speed up web browsing in OSX. recently my dad has purchased a mac, and like me, he dislikes the slow web-browsing, and i would like to improve the situation if possible. i will also add that my iMac is just as slow, and we do not use the same ISP, or even live in the same area....we both ahve high-speed connections</p><p></p><p>in comparison to Windows or Linux, MacOSX's web browsing is somewhat of a joke.</p><p>it seems there is a bottle neck, not related to the choice of browser. i am pretty sure i know exactly where the bottle neck is:</p><p></p><p>in linux to get super-fast web-browsing, you must create a "persistent DNS cache".</p><p></p><p>so when you are clicking onto a website, it pretty much loads instantly. in OSX this is not the case, regardless of whatever browser you are using: Safari, firefox, opera, etc.</p><p>instead OSX seems to hang and takes a little while to deal with DNS...</p><p>it would seem to me while apple makes some of the best software out there, even one of the best platforms out there, web-browsing is an area that Apple has seriously</p><p>fallen short on....</p><p></p><p>so my question is, is there a way to improve OSX's performance on the WEB???</p><p></p><p>i am using Leopard 10.5.8, i am extremely comfortable with the command line and Unix in general(i also use FreeBSD) and if there is a way to improve my web-browsing i would love to know. i have "googled" around and found ways to do this in panther and tiger but not Leopard.</p><p></p><p>Being as i use several OS's, i almost never waste my time surfing the net with my iMAC, because compared to linux(my primary OS) it is a slow waste of time, </p><p>but i would love to fix this.</p><p></p><p>any ideas???</p><p></p><p>ts9</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tripleninez, post: 1015027, member: 146998"] hello everyone, this is my first post in the mac forums.... i am wondering how to speed up web browsing in OSX. recently my dad has purchased a mac, and like me, he dislikes the slow web-browsing, and i would like to improve the situation if possible. i will also add that my iMac is just as slow, and we do not use the same ISP, or even live in the same area....we both ahve high-speed connections in comparison to Windows or Linux, MacOSX's web browsing is somewhat of a joke. it seems there is a bottle neck, not related to the choice of browser. i am pretty sure i know exactly where the bottle neck is: in linux to get super-fast web-browsing, you must create a "persistent DNS cache". so when you are clicking onto a website, it pretty much loads instantly. in OSX this is not the case, regardless of whatever browser you are using: Safari, firefox, opera, etc. instead OSX seems to hang and takes a little while to deal with DNS... it would seem to me while apple makes some of the best software out there, even one of the best platforms out there, web-browsing is an area that Apple has seriously fallen short on.... so my question is, is there a way to improve OSX's performance on the WEB??? i am using Leopard 10.5.8, i am extremely comfortable with the command line and Unix in general(i also use FreeBSD) and if there is a way to improve my web-browsing i would love to know. i have "googled" around and found ways to do this in panther and tiger but not Leopard. Being as i use several OS's, i almost never waste my time surfing the net with my iMAC, because compared to linux(my primary OS) it is a slow waste of time, but i would love to fix this. any ideas??? ts9 [/QUOTE]
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