UPDATE: Good Browser Needed for Older Computer

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UPDATE: Good Browser Needed for Older Computer Brad 01-20-2006
Posted by Brad on January 20, 2006, 7:30 am
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Hi Notan,

Thanks for the tip. I tried both and found Opera (V8.51) was much faster
on my old Windows 95 laptop than Fire Fox. Now, I can visit the sites
that I couldn't visit with the older version of Netscape.

Brad


wrote:

>Brad wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an older laptop with Windows 95, 16MB of ram,
>> 120Mhz cpu with Netscape 4.61. Unfortunately, I can't
>> visit some web sites using that browser so I am forced
>> to use IE (5.5) which I don't like using due to it's
>> vulnerabilities to attacks. I tried Netscape 7.1, but
>> it "runs" too slow on this old computer. I tried Netscape
>> 4.79 but is no better than 4.61 when it comes to
>> visiting those same web sites. Do you know a
>> good browser (not IE) I can use on this old laptop?
>
>Two that come to mind, and don't utilize IE's engine, are:
>
>Firefox (http://www.getfirefox.com) and
>
>Opera (http://www.opera.com).
>
>Notan


Posted by Todd H. on January 20, 2006, 11:25 am
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bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) writes:

> Hi Notan,
>
> Thanks for the tip. I tried both and found Opera (V8.51) was much faster
> on my old Windows 95 laptop than Fire Fox. Now, I can visit the sites
> that I couldn't visit with the older version of Netscape.

Thanks for the update.

This was Opera's claim to fame back in its infancy, as I recall--much
faster performance on lesser hardware. It's good to know that many
years later, it's still true to its roots!

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Posted by jp10558 on January 22, 2006, 4:10 pm
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On 20 Jan 2006 10:25:32 -0600, Todd H. wrote:

> bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) writes:
>
>> Hi Notan,
>>
>> Thanks for the tip. I tried both and found Opera (V8.51) was much faster
>> on my old Windows 95 laptop than Fire Fox. Now, I can visit the sites
>> that I couldn't visit with the older version of Netscape.
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> This was Opera's claim to fame back in its infancy, as I recall--much
> faster performance on lesser hardware. It's good to know that many
> years later, it's still true to its roots!

Heck, it's noticably faster for me on current hardware than firefox 1.07
(1.5 not installed at work yet).

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