Well if you read this far: The results are Furi hands down for my g4 Mac. Furi is sluggish untill connected then runs smoothly. Using any of the three "hot" host from the before mentioned links seems to speed the connection process and fill the catcher with lots of options. Downloading goes good although not all choices connect. I have found that if they don't connect within 10 seconds they aint gonna and move on accordingly. Searching seems to get better with each session as is connect time. Oh, and I am sharing files. Dont want to be that "Freeloader" guy.