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    Firefox or Chrome the least resource intensive ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Laptopaddict, Nov 10, 2009.

  1. Laptopaddict

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    If both are running the same websites , which one will put the least amount of load on the processor ?

    I don't care about memory usage, just interested in better battery life...


    Firefox is running without any add-ons or other extra's , same for chrome , pure firefox against pure chrome
     
    Laptopaddict, Nov 10, 2009
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    ^^That was before Chrome supported third party extensions like Adblock, Chrome should be equal/better now.
     
    Lanaya, Nov 10, 2009
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    I think the battery time difference will be pretty damn small :|...
    As long as you dont do youtube ect.. Flash increases cpu usage a lot especially HD ^^
     
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    Firefox is.
     
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    Didn't ars do an article and it was IE on win 7 on a netbook was getting the best battery life?

    I honestly don't think it is a significant decision. Just turning down the brightness one more notch will net you far more battery life than sweating over this decision. This is because the screen chews up far more battery than any of these browsers.
     
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    Neither actually. It's called Opera. ;)
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Nov 10, 2009
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    Opera was actually listed as one of the lower ends of the test.
     
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    Since they did that test Opera 10 went out of beta. And i can tell you it's *very* fast. And with Firefox, people are guaranteed to have at least one addon slowing down their browser. Opera has its "widgets" too, but frankly i never felt the need for any extensions. Fanboy's Adblock List is the only extra thing i apply to Opera.
     
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    I agree. I use my netbook primarily for internet browsing and IE8 definetly beats opera 10 and firefox 3.5 in terms of speed and battery life.
     
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    they need a firefox 64 bit. bad.
     
    Melinapayne, Nov 11, 2009
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    I know but I want to go that extra mile even if it only saves me 1 minute.. :)
     
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    Maybe, but take into account the speed of each browser, and the time wasted by the slow loading of IE8. ;)
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Nov 11, 2009
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    Very intelligent remark ! :)
     
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    Agreed. LOL. IE8 loads too slow. I find Google Chrome loads faster.
    Firefox is catching up now compared to 3.5.3.
     
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    Actually, IE8 with flash and ad block is much faster than FF(with or without addon), opera and chome(without addon). I've never tested out chrome with addon so I can't comment on it.
     
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    Isnt it better with nice addons and just great everything? (Firefox)
     
    Kocane, Nov 11, 2009
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