Chrome Vs. IE 8

snydeq writes "Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 herald a new, resource-intensive era in Web browsing, one sure to shift our conception of acceptable minimum system requirements, InfoWorld's Randall Kennedy concludes in his head-to-head comparison of the recently announced multi-process, tabbed browsers. Whereas single-process browsers such as Firefox aim for lean, efficient browsing experiences, Chrome and IE 8 are all about delivering a robust platform for reliably running multiple Web apps in a tabbed format in answer to the Web's evolving needs. To do this, Chrome takes a 'purist' approach, launching multiple, discrete processes to isolate and protect each tab's contents. IE 8, on the other hand, goes hybrid, creating multiple instances of the iexplore.exe process without specifically assigning each tab to its own instance. 'Google's purist approach will ultimately prove more robust,' Kennedy argues, 'but at a cost in terms of resource consumption.' At what cost? Kennedy's comparison found Chrome 'out-bloated' IE 8, consuming an average of 267MB vs. IE 8's 211MB. This, and recent indications that IE 8 itself consumes more resources than XP, surely announce a new, very demanding era in Web-centric computing."

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[kellyb9]

FOR GEEKS AND PEOPLE WHO KNOW: Firefox or Opera, depending on whom you ask

Whether it be the novelty of a Google browser or just the opportunity to try something new, I've read on numerous sources that Chrome is already being used by 1% of users on the Internet. Considering it JUST released 48 hours ago, thats not too bad. They already have a larger market share than Opera. That 1% is undoubtedly coming from Mozilla and Opera, and NOT from IE. I love the fact that if one of my tabs crashes it doesn't bring down everything. I love that it doesn't eat memory like mozilla. It appears to compete with Opera with speed. I like Chrome... and it's only in beta testing. Wait til it comes out for real, and then stack it up against Mozilla and Opera.