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Mac OS X Slow for Web Browsing?

Posted by pudge on from the mac-os-x-slow-for-everything dept.

Atryn writes "Wired News has reportedly confirmed user performance complaints in their own tests. From the article: 'That was a conscious decision Apple made,' Mac MSIE project manager Jimmy Grewal said. 'They optimized for user experience rather than raw performance.'" My hunch is that you can take care of many Mac OS X performance issues by logging in as user ">console" ...

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  1. MSIE by class_A · · Score: 4, Insightful

    MSIE is very slow. Table parsing in particular is dog slow. I have to read Slashdot on a PC; stories with 150+ comments take forever on the Mac. Other browsers are reported to be faster, but the default browser is crap. I know I could replace it, but does the typical iMac user who just wants it to work out of the box?

  2. Mac OS X IE is not the same as in Windoze by ciryon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who uses IE in Mac OS X anyway? Both Opera and Mozilla are truly great browsers which run fast and smoothly in Mac OS X.

    Here's something interesting though:

    IE in Mac OS X follows the standards a lot better than IE in Windows.

    When we constructed our new company webpage we had to customize it for both IE/windows and IE/Mac.

    Ciryon

  3. Speed is relative by b1t+r0t · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My mom wants one of those new iMacs, and I don't think she'll consider OS X web browsers to be slow. Because right now she's using a 6100 with AOL 4.0. Now that's slow.

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  4. Re:It's as much IE as OS X by ZigMonty · · Score: 4, Insightful

    X is the roman numeral 10 not the letter X. It stands to reason that Mac OS 11 will be Mac OS XI. Has a nice ring to it.