Installed RT2500-Replug and now my Mac runs better than ever?!?!

I've been using a Netopia USB wireless Card to side-step my airport issues for about 2 months now. There is a glitch that causes the USB card not to be detected on start-up so someone recommended I download this http://mitglied.lycos.de/thomsmac/RT2500Replug.html but before I did the problem rectified itself for some reason and the card started being detected.
Today I unplugged the Wireless card and started up airport to see in the airport update fixed anything for me. It didn't so I plugged the USB wireless card back in but unfortunately the detection problem returned. I download and installed RT2500-Replug and was shocked. I have no idea why but my Mac is now running better that it ever has in the 3 months I've had it. Webpages are loading instantly, Google earth is silky smooth. Not only that but applications are launching faster! I've checked my states and for some reason my Macs RAM usage has been cut by one quarter.
Anyone have any idea what might have caused this? The difference is so noticeable its almost worrying. Might I have had some kind of conflict that the downloading RT2500-Replug might have solved?

You're going to have to give us a LOT more details than that!
Specifically which OS did you install? You say "latest version of Leopard", but that was 10.5. 10.6 is "Snow Leopard". Go to the Apple menu, click About This Mac. That tells you the exact OS version. Give us the processor speed that's there, too, and let us know the approximate (or exact, if you have it) age of your Mac.
How much RAM (memory) do you have installed? Again, it's under About This Mac.
How much hard drive space do you have available? Click on the "Macintosh HD" on your desktop, click cmd-i and look for "Capacity" and "Available".
Matt

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