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1,075,500 reasons I switched from FireFox to Chrome
September 11th, 2008, 3:57 pm · 10 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
This image says it all:
FireFox is such a memory hog. Google Chrome? Not so much. I like!
Sure, a few other Chrome processes show up in my task bar, but compared to the 1 GB of memory used by FireFox? Unbelievable.
However, I’m still using FireFox to blog because Chrome eats up paragraph marks in WordPress. All the Register blogs just upgraded to the latest version of WordPress MU so I’m going to try again with this post.
For those contemplating a switch, check out the tales of others who have done the comparisons:
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Firefox 3.1 is supposed to fix a lot of the memory problems with the current version. This won’t change how the process-thread issue, but it’ll be an improvement.
I’m currently running Firefox with 6 tabs, and it’s only taking up 200K — I’m still waiting for a little more secure version of Chrome.
That was Firefox 3.1 !!– Gadgetress
Gadgetress,
If that is Firefox 3.1 you’re running I would do what Mark suggested and check on the plugins you are running. How many tabs did you have open at the time of that screenshot? just curious. I have 4 tabs open and a second firefox window with another couple of tabs and I’m only using 137k – before I upgraded to Firefox 3.1 I was using as much ram as you posted…so i’m guessing it’s the plugins?
Thanks all. I’ll be monitoring the plug-ins, one of the best features of FF. Who knows? Maybe I’ll switch back one day. — Gadgetress
that’s convincing enough for me to switch. I usually run firefox behind video games and had no idea it was being such a resource hog!!!! Now that Google pulled their heads out of their butts and changed the user agreement I’m switching to Chrome!
Yeah, I’m running multiple tabs, plugins, etc., and it’s only 150k.
there are so many advantages and features with Chrome, such as it’s speed, for example; now if only they would take care it’s quirky cookie management…