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Microsoft Says IE Faster Than Chrome and Firefox
An anonymous reader writes "According to its own speed tests, Microsoft's Internet Explorer loads most websites faster than both Chrome and Firefox when looking at the top 25 websites on the Internet. 'As you can see, IE8 outperforms Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0 in loading 12 websites, Chrome 1.0 places second by loading nine sites first, and Firefox brings up the rear by loading four sites faster than the other two browsers. Also, in case you missed it, IE loads mozilla.com faster than Firefox, and Firefox loads microsoft.com faster than IE, just for kicks.'"
As I actually have to PAY for electricity, and I don't like to contribute to global warming, I DO shut my PC down when not in use, like when asleep or I leave my two story basement (bottom floor is actually underground) to go drinking.
One of the things I love about Linux is I'll shut it down at night (unless I have a big download), reboot the next morning and it's exactly how it was when I shut it down, with apps and documants I had open the previous night open when I start it.
I guess few people know of this feature, since y'all are so proud of the fact that you don't have to reboot.
Windows is a pain in the ass. Every time you boot it, you have to reopen all your apps and documents, and its registry is a little bigger.
Free Martian Whores!
Also, it's worth pointing out that this test shows IE is faster at loading cached pages, not uncached websites. From their paper:
In the Internet Explorer lab: We visit each site prior to starting any site test. Preloading the cache prior to a test helps ensure systems are at a known base before starting.
So wait - let me get this straight...
Half of the time IE8 is SLOWER than the others even when preloading/precaching? I think this is a bigger headline than the original, to be honest. Let me make a new headline:
"IE8's precached performance is slower than the competition's uncached performance 50% of the time"