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Comparing Memory Usage of Firefox 2 vs 3

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-don't-remember-nothing dept.

DaMan writes "ZDNet picks up on yesterday's Firefox 3 beta 1 review by comparing the memory usage of Firefox 2 against the latest beta. The results from one of the tests is quite interesting, after loading 12 pages and waiting 5 minutes, 2 used 103,180KB and 3 used 62,312KB. IE used 89,756KB.""

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  1. Yes, but... by InvisblePinkUnicorn · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much does it use on Linux... err... does it run... damn!

    Sorry, I'm new at this....

  2. Yeah but it's still beta by jayhawk88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure that low memory usage bug will be fixed by the first release candidate.

  3. Re:And Opera by tepples · · Score: 3, Funny

    Firefox doesn't even read mail citation needed
  4. Re:Yes, but... looking in the wrong spot! :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sounds like a feature to me. Best to run it regularly then :).