Does that mean that installations that have been upgraded from one OS versions to another are much slower than clean installations then, like tends to be the case on Windows? 17 bounces for Safari sounds very slow, I'm pretty sure Safari loads really quickly on my G3 - yours must be taking around 15 seconds if it's bouncing that much, which seems far too long if everything is normal.
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Main system: custom C2D 2.66GHz tower/4GB RAM/2600XT 512 MB/500GB HD/XP Pro x86+Vista Business x64
Main Mac: Beige G3 minitower (Sonnet G4 500MHz/640 MB DVD/USB/Radeon 32 MB/OS 9.2.2+10.4.11)