[ranz]

Some of this stuff may have some impact.

However, I still feel a lot of this has to do with client side and server side.

On the server side, there are a lot of people who are hosting their sites with big over-crowded shared hosting companies.

Consider this: when you got Windows 7, did you still run it on the same PC that ran Windows XP? no is most likely your answer.

Upgrade your host or your server - get them to tell you their server specs, and how many other users are sharing your server.

The client side stuff: Safari is the faster of the mainstream browsers to date. I've check VB4 in Safari, and am impressed with it's speed. No major issues vs VB3.8.