On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 14:21, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu> > wrote: >> How much RAM does a browser need to access anyway? > > I've had Firefox over 1 GB under "normal" conditions. Granted, I > had over 100 tabs open, but that's not unusual for me. (This was also > before I learned about BarTab.) > > I've had Firefox crash because it hit the 2 GB 32-bit per-process > limit, but that was because I was trying to download a 4+ GB DVD image > and there's apparently a memory leak in the download routines. It's > apparently a tiny leak, but tiny times many equals large. > > Does this justify a 64-bit browser? Prolly not. :-) > > -- Ben
At $WORK I routinely have 80+ FF windows open, and many have multiple tabs. FF crashes once in a while - less than once a month, but memory usage is quite high, of course... Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
