A typical form in our application takes 15 seconds to load on most PCs, but usually only 7 seconds on a system with Windows 2000 SP3 + IE 5.5 SP2 . We have measured that half of the 15 seconds is pure client-side execution of Javascript and Java applet with no network traffic to server. Many combinations of Windows and IE service packs have been tried, including the Windows 2000 SP3 + IE 5.5 SP2 combination that was found on the 'fast' system. No noticeable difference in response time was found in the other systems.
Can somebody let us know if the service pack versions of Internet Explorer will have an impact in the performance of Applet? if yes, then please suggest us the version of service pack of Internet explorer that will give the maximum performance.