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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Julian Stecklina wrote:

> "Will Saxon" <WillS@housing.ufl.edu> writes:
>
> > I am not experiencing this with firefox. It takes 2-3 seconds to load.
> > I am also not experiencing issues with screen redraws.
>
> How did you get firefox to load that fast? It takes about 15 seconds
> on my 1GHz laptop.

Laptop hard disk drives and memory are significantly slower than their
desktop counterparts. Add cpu power-saving to the mix and you're right in
line with the numbers. Compare apples with oranges, and you're bound to
feel a little cheated... ;)

Regards,

> Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
> Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/    >