Im not using Virtual Hosts.

127.0.0.1, localhost and wadesmart are ALL the same - assigned by the computer.

If you look at Network Settings under the General tab, Host name: (at least on
my two systems) are both the same as my computer name - in this case wadesmart
on my main computer and wademobile on my laptop.

So if you type in 127.0.0.1 which is the localhost loop back addr, or localhost
or wadesmart - they are all the same thing.

What Im seeing is, the named ips are slower than the actual one.