Slow surfing revisited
Check out this <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51926,00.html"; target="_blank">Wired article</a>.
The word is out in the mainstream press now... Macs are way slower than PCs when it comes to web browsing.
Frankly, I'm surprised this hadn't hit sites like this earlier.
[quote]Tests conducted by Wired News confirmed reader complaints that a new 800 MHz iMac takes an average of twice as long to render Web pages as a comparable or cheaper PC running Windows XP. Even on broadband networks, the iMac's default Internet Explorer browser took an average of 10 seconds per page to render several popular sites, including CNN.com and the Apple Store homepage. <hr></blockquote>
Not like this is news to everyone here, just thought I'd pass the link along, anyway.
The word is out in the mainstream press now... Macs are way slower than PCs when it comes to web browsing.
Frankly, I'm surprised this hadn't hit sites like this earlier.
[quote]Tests conducted by Wired News confirmed reader complaints that a new 800 MHz iMac takes an average of twice as long to render Web pages as a comparable or cheaper PC running Windows XP. Even on broadband networks, the iMac's default Internet Explorer browser took an average of 10 seconds per page to render several popular sites, including CNN.com and the Apple Store homepage. <hr></blockquote>
Not like this is news to everyone here, just thought I'd pass the link along, anyway.
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