Apple’s web site (www.Apple.com) produced the best high broadband access times among 19 large web retailers tested in August, according to Compuware Gomez (http://macte.ch/1BEst).

Last month, Apple.com posted the fastest response time in Internet Explorer tests with an average load time of 0.97 seconds and the fastest Firefox load time with an average of 0.81 seconds. Dell.com finished in second place in Internet Explorer tests at 1.41 seconds, followed by LLBean.com (1.56), Overstock.com (1.59) and OfficeDepot.com (1.61).