extremely poor performance after update to 1.6

Hi,I've recently updated to 1.6 from 1.5 and now any webpage that contains java applets takes anywhere from 20 seconds upto 1 minute to open and start. Is there a problem or should i just uninstall java completely?
[229 byte] By [woffa] at [2007-11-27 3:22:15]
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Can you give an example of the applet that you are using?Also, what OS are you using on the computer having this problem?-RogerSun Microsystems
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