Firefox is a pig. Any reason you are not just using Safari? Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> writes:
> I have this iMac, it has 4GB of memory and 4 CPUs and 1 TB drive (half > empty) with a 2TB connected for backups. The thing runs bog slow > sometimes with the spinning wheel, with Thunderbird, Firefox, maybe a > Preview doc or two, iTunes, and maybe an iChat and something else > running (and Finder, which always seems to run). > > I get this idea that this is not how it should be. I think it is > Firefox that is buggering it, as the system monitor shows FF running > over 1GB of memory usage as time goes on, and varying CPU usage up to > 80-90+% sometimes. Nothing else shows much memory or CPU usage If I > close FF (and usually I have to do a force quit) and restart it, > reload my session, it seems to be fine for awhile. Facebook seems to > be the app/page that hangs most, or maybe is causing the problem. I > can't decide if FF is buggering things, or some pages that are open in > tabs in FF (and FB in particular). This seems to have become more > prevalent with the latest versions of FF, I am wondering if they are > getting so bloated that they suck up resources way out of proportion > to what they should be. > > I also hear the hard drive banging away when FF is running, but it is > not clear why or what it is doing. > > Here is what memory usage looks like (with FF shut down) > > Free 2.14GB > Wired 430.0 MB > Active 976MB > Inactive 497.2 MB > Used 1.86GB > > CPU is showing > %User 0.75 > %System 0.50 > % Idle 97.38 > 385 threads, 68 processes > > I'll get some numbers after FF has run awhile > > Any thoughts? > > --R > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
