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- iMac Intel Core Duo 17" w/Super Drive & ATI Radeon X1600
I bought my first Mac in November, a refurbished Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz with the Super Drive and the ATI Radeon x1600 card. It has 512MB of memory.
I set up a Belkin G Plus (G+) wireless router connected to 3MB Charter High Speed internet. The internet, including streaming video, downloads, etc, flies on my IBM laptop from work, which is running a Centrino Duo processor @ 1.66GHz with 1GB of memory. It is much, much slower on my iMac. It's almost intolerably slower.
Have people had a problem with the G+ networks? Is it just that Macs are slower? Should I upgrade to 1GB of memory? When I check system performance it seems to have some memory left and I'm not a big multi-tasker but my internet speed definitely feels more like a fast dial-up than a wireless cable.
Or, should I sell the old one on eBay and get a new one with the N wireless built in? Corded internet is not really an option most of the time, I really want wireless for the aesthetics of my trestle leg desk. I just don't understand how this can be so much slower on the iMac compared to the laptop. The router is maybe 5 feet away from the computer, underneath a bed but with no real obstacles in it's path to the computer.
I set up a Belkin G Plus (G+) wireless router connected to 3MB Charter High Speed internet. The internet, including streaming video, downloads, etc, flies on my IBM laptop from work, which is running a Centrino Duo processor @ 1.66GHz with 1GB of memory. It is much, much slower on my iMac. It's almost intolerably slower.
Have people had a problem with the G+ networks? Is it just that Macs are slower? Should I upgrade to 1GB of memory? When I check system performance it seems to have some memory left and I'm not a big multi-tasker but my internet speed definitely feels more like a fast dial-up than a wireless cable.
Or, should I sell the old one on eBay and get a new one with the N wireless built in? Corded internet is not really an option most of the time, I really want wireless for the aesthetics of my trestle leg desk. I just don't understand how this can be so much slower on the iMac compared to the laptop. The router is maybe 5 feet away from the computer, underneath a bed but with no real obstacles in it's path to the computer.