Safari browser seems so much faster on T23 than Firefox

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Safari browser seems so much faster on T23 than Firefox

#1 Post by jhillestad » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:30 pm

Is it me or is Safari the fastest browser on these older laptops ?

I loaded Safari the other day and noticed it feels quicker on my T23...

Maybe the latest Firefox 3 and IE7 are just getting too bloated for these older laptops....
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#2 Post by Davemci » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:53 am

Geez, I didn't know Safari was available on anything other then an Apple. I know Firefox is slow to load, but it seems fast enough once loaded.

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#3 Post by jhillestad » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:59 am

Safari for the PC came out about a year ago...

I load it on my 600x's and my T23 and noticed how much faster sites would load over the new Firefox. Sites that have flash or java tend to take longer on firefox3 or ie7 to fully load over Safari... at least on these older laptops... on a modern pc you probably would not notice...

I guess you could use older versions of Firefox but they do not get security updates ....


Davemci wrote:Geez, I didn't know Safari was available on anything other then an Apple. I know Firefox is slow to load, but it seems fast enough once loaded.

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#4 Post by Zender » Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:56 am

You might also give Opera a try, it's really quick one.
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#5 Post by Neil » Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:42 pm

Direct from the Apple Safari download page, "Safari is the fastest web browser on any platform." So there you have it. :)

Only trouble is the windows system specs:

Windows XP or Vista
At least 256MB of RAM
500Mhz Pentium-class processor or better

I've been looking for a modern browser that I can use on a Windows 95 OSR2 machine with 200Mhz CPU and 64MB RAM.
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#6 Post by goofyGAguy » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:07 pm

Zender wrote:You might also give Opera a try, it's really quick one.

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