Ingrid H. Shafer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The performance of Netscape seems to depend on the version and on
> the system on which it is installed. When I run it on from my home
> in Windows 3.1 on a 486/33 IBM Thinkpad with 8megs RAM I have no
> problems whatsoever (plus a 28,800 modem); when I use the university
> system with a workstation networked to a VAX and Ethernet I have to
> reboot several times an hour.
 
It also depends on the OS. I run it for weeks at a time on a Mac
networked to a Vax via ethernet with no problem. Windown 95 seems to
handle resources better then 3.x, and both Netscape and ethernet are
resource eater.  Here at UMass we're having a lot of problems with
Netscape on PCs.
 
Pressing the Back button retrieves a page from the cache, so hard drive
problems could also be an issue.
 
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