Buffaloed
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I've been trying to help a friend find the best browser for her under powered laptop while she's stuck working from home.
It looks like Comodo Dragon is the winner and Microsoft Edge is the runner up.
These were all with the same 6 tabs open.
Comodo Dragon is Chrome without the goo. It's almost indistinguishable from Chrome when you install it. It will import everything from Chrome, look just like Chrome, and ask to set your search engine to Yahoo. It's only available in 32 bit and takes up just 71 GB. It's a good choice if you have limited disk space and it has an option to install a portable version.
Comodo Ice Dragon does the same thing with Firefox. It's uses almost as memory and in my tests it crashed often.
Firefox is getting better. But it still consumes too much memory. That takes up about 200 GB on the hard drive.
I don't know why Chrome is using so much CPU. It seems to do it unpredictably. It takes up 800 GB on my hard drive. I'd uninstall it if I didn't need it for testing.
Vivaldi is Opera's Chrome clone. It has a different GUI and you have to reinstall Chrome extensions. It takes up 425 GB.
It looks like Comodo Dragon is the winner and Microsoft Edge is the runner up.
These were all with the same 6 tabs open.
Comodo Dragon is Chrome without the goo. It's almost indistinguishable from Chrome when you install it. It will import everything from Chrome, look just like Chrome, and ask to set your search engine to Yahoo. It's only available in 32 bit and takes up just 71 GB. It's a good choice if you have limited disk space and it has an option to install a portable version.
Comodo Ice Dragon does the same thing with Firefox. It's uses almost as memory and in my tests it crashed often.
Firefox is getting better. But it still consumes too much memory. That takes up about 200 GB on the hard drive.
I don't know why Chrome is using so much CPU. It seems to do it unpredictably. It takes up 800 GB on my hard drive. I'd uninstall it if I didn't need it for testing.
Vivaldi is Opera's Chrome clone. It has a different GUI and you have to reinstall Chrome extensions. It takes up 425 GB.