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For the Macbook Pro 2.33 late 2006, people have reported problems with Safari and going online. Does that refer only to Safari, or to all browsers? Am very interested in upgrading to ML, as Lion is too slow and Snow Leopard, while great, isn’t compatible with a few of my apps.
Simon, I was also having a lot of issues with Safari a few days ago. It finally wouldn’t even open a window. I did reset the PRAM but it seems time has solved the issue. And this was running 10.11.6. I have a 2008 Server that I have only been able to go to 10.7.5. so I may try your resolution on it. BTW, have you taken the RAM to 4GB? http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ma… Also Dan gets to work on all the new machines, I don’t get them till they’re old. But the older the machine is the more repairable and better built!
Sadly Lion 10.7.5 is the last version of OS-X this system can run. Nothing newer is supported and will be even slower if you fudge it! Between its older 32bit architecture and lack of supporting more than 4 MB of RAM and a slow 1.5 Gb/s SATA I drive interface it just can’t support what modern OS’s & Apps need today. Your problems are related to how the Web has moved on to newer methods of rendering graphics which your current version of Safari can’t understand. This is also true for other older web browsers. Many today don’t even offer 32bit services which is what is also hitting you as the app developers have taken 32bit services out of the code so these apps won’t work on your system at all. In addition Apple has long since stopped supporting both the hardware & OS so any security weakness they have can and ARE! Leveraged. So any site you visit can have a rogue worm that even the site owner doesn’t even know it there! Time to put this poor beast to pasture it served you well for many years.
