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Web browser memory usage

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20265395 views
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How come web browsers are so heavy in memory? I have Firefox opened with two tabs, and it takes over 800 MB of RAM, Chrome with four tabs takes over 1.2 GB! I mean, what's up with consuming so much memory?

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Fix for: Web browser memory usage

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From my experience, Chrome is a bit free on the system resources, especially if you go to some heavy sites (if it can use more memory to make your navigation faster, it will). About Firefox, the weight is usually caused by the number of plugins and …

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