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Windows 10's Edge vs Chrome: We're Faster and Win in Battery Face-off, Says Microsoft (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the browser-war-lives dept.

Microsoft has kicked off 2018 with two new ads promoting Windows 10 Edge's battery efficiency and speed compared with Google Chrome. From a report: Microsoft published the two new ads on New Year's Eve, pitting Edge against Chrome, the world's most popular browser. "Microsoft Edge is up to 48 percent faster than Google Chrome," Microsoft says in one of the 30-second ads. Not only that, but Microsoft argues that Edge is safer too, thanks to SmartScreen, its built-in equivalent of Google's Safe Browsing anti-phishing technology. Microsoft says: "Edge blocks 18 percent more phishing sites than Google Chrome." Microsoft doesn't cite the source of this statistic, but in October, NSS Labs released a report comparing Edge on the locked-down Windows 10 S with Chrome on Chromebooks, suggesting that Edge blocks more phishing URLs than Chrome.

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  1. Don't Care by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Edge is still such a piece of crap, the UI so amateurish, that I'd gladly sacrifice a bit of battery life to use Chrome. So far as I'm concerned, Microsoft has lost the browser wars.

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    1. Re:Don't Care by rogoshen1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      right? the nagging that occasionally pops up when running chrome is the nail in the coffin. So incredibly annoying when MS tries to nudge you into using their bullshit apps that are baked into the OS. Cortana, Skydrive, Edge.. Fuck off. If i had any desire to use these add-ons, I would.

      I abhor ads, especially when it's either impossible to disable/remove, or a convoluted regediting process. I bought the computer, I should get to choose what programs or features I use.

  2. It's not terrible... by rwven · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Edge is OK. Where I think it lacks, in the same way that the latest Firefox lacks, is in its integration support, mobile features, and plugins.

    I use Google services a lot, and the fact that Chrome has native sign-in to Google, makes the integration really clean. Also the plugins on Chrome tend to be a lot more mature and stable than those for the "lesser" browsers. That's less of an issue with FF, but it's still present.

    Edge IS quite fast, and does a good job with proper page rendering.

    I think the problem is that Chrome is just a great browser. It doesn't matter if Edge is "just as great," or even "a little greater in this one area." A ton of people are embedded with Chrome now, and unless there's a REAL incentive to change, why would they?

  3. Again with the browser speed... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... the quest for speed caused Firefox to dump much of the useful functionality of the browser. Is browser speed really the issue it is made out to be, or is the quest for speed being done just because browser speed is so easy to measure and compare?

  4. Battery claim is for when Edge isn't running by raymorris · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Last I checked, Microsoft's battery claim is for sitting there watching a video, without the browser actually doing anything at all.

  5. Who cares by DarkRookie · · Score: 4, Informative

    Edge is still a browser made by MS. Edge, the best browser for downloading other browser in Win 10

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  6. Microsoft cheats when it comes to Edge performance by acroyear · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When Chrome is running, Windows continues to run background processes like system updates.

    When Edge is running instead, I noticed the CPU and network usage of those background processes to drop to near 0.

    This is the exact same type of b.s. that got them sued by the DOJ 23 years ago.

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  7. "Up to" by Solandri · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Microsoft Edge is up to 48 percent faster than Google Chrome," Microsoft says in one of the 30-second ads

    "Up to" is a useless marketing term when only a single benchmark is given. Edge could be slower than Chrome at everything except one test, and you could still truthfully state that it was "up to 48%" faster than Chrome.

    For a one-line statement like that to be meaningful, it has to refer to average speed, or "at least".