Give the ‘Opera’ browser a try - it has a ‘turbo’ feature that could speed you up a bit too.
I’m on an old XP and the sites get slower and slower to load - I’m on DSL. Also, ‘Chrome’ seems to be faster for me too.. (using it now- once Firefox 4 came out that was it for me over there- had to move to other browsers)
I have Opera...can’t stand it. Don’t use it. I’m having no trouble with the new Firefox. And don’t even get me started about Chrome. : ) I’m just part of the Doomed, I guess.