G4 933 1.25 GB RAM OS 10.4.5, Safari 2.0.3.

Safari always takes a while to settle down when I start up and start using it. I get spinning beachballs for the first few minutes when I click on links or try to scroll down a page. after a few minutes it's fine and pretty fast but the initial few minutes are annoying.

I don't get this with Firefox but I prefer Safari for surfing. oes anybody else get this or know of a fix?

Thanks

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JoeM

Wow, never heard of this one. It's always pretty responsive for me on my Mac mini. It crashes a lot on the eMac I've been using at work these days for some odd reason but doesn't display the problems you seem to be having.

Have you tried using Opera? I use it a lot for downloads and such.

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3GHz - The clock is STILL ticking Steve.

I really am not a fan of Safari. It has always been slow for me. Could be my machines, but I don't think so. Try Opera.

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I neglected to mention I boot from an external drive, don't know if that's an issue.

I haven't tried Opera in a while. Thanks to you both, I'll give it a shot.

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JoeM

you might also try emptying cache, disabling RSS update checking in Safari RSS prefs, doing the "reset safari", etc.

might also run applejack.

I have a 1ghz emac/1 gb RAM, and the only time I notice any slowdown is when I have a TON of tabs open and lots of other programs running at the same time.

good luck.

Search this forum for "Safari". You will come up with a dozen or more post on this and similar problems with Safari, along with 5 dozen suggestions.

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Ed (modelamac)

I think I will just put an OUT OF ORDER
sticker on my head and call it a day.