New Macbook Pro User - Question about Internet

I am a new Mac user and my Mac seems to have trouble loading some internet pages. Any suggestions?

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    Against TOU which you "agreed" to in order to post in these user to user forums.  If you want to "suggest" something to Apple, do so in the Product Feedback area.

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    To be honest you don't really need to. This is a great thing about Macs. You can use it without paying attention to this and it will still last longer than a Windows PC that you treated like a baby.
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