<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 20, 2006, at 21:29:19 -0700, <A href="mailto:railfan@telus.net">railfan@telus.net</A> wrote:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">My daughter is using my 6 yr old iBook 366SE, with 320MB RAM. She has OS X 10.3.9<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">and a cable modem connected via Airport.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">When she surfs the web using Safari v1.3.2, after about 10 minutes, the pages no<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">longer load. She needs to quit Safari, close the clamshell, wait a few minutes then<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">go and start Safari again, for another 15-30 minutes of surfing. She reads her email<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">from her webmail and prefers it that way.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I know Safari can be a memory hog, and with only 320 MB RAM, but are there any<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">things I can do to stop or atleast mitigate Safari from "locking up"?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I have the original clamshell (300 MHz) with 320MB memory, and it runs 10.3.9 very nicely </DIV><DIV>- a little slow, but nicely.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It, like the 366SE, came with a miniscule hard drive. I've replaced the HD with a 40GB</DIV><DIV>drive, so I have no probs.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>How big is the HD? How much free space? Small memory means a lot of swap space </DIV><DIV>is needed on the hard drive, and surfing requires HD space for cache. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Maybe 10 minutes of surfing uses up the available cache space, and it isn't freed up</DIV><DIV>until the session ends or the app is rebooted. She might consider a bigger hard drive.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>(While a replacement hard drive isn't that expensive, DIY installation is a real PITA.)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jon</DIV></BODY></HTML>