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Re: In praise of 64-bit systems WAS Re: Do we actually need XP support?



Bill,

I did run into tab troubles, until I got a plug in that releases memory
from inactive tabs: TabMemFree for Chrome.


I can stream video with no problem.


Heavy usage would entail many open tabs (let's say at least 15) and lots of video and music streaming and other Flash content. Chrome (and Opera, now based on Chrome) and Internet Explorer use the most memory because under their new 'crash proof' architecture each tab is as separate an application as it can be, so that if one tab crashes, the rest of the browser system should remain solid. For example, right now I have 44 tabs open in Chrome now (which doesn't feel like a lot), and this consumes 3GB each of RAM and virtual RAM. Most tabs are only using around 20MB of memory but two are using close to 200 MB, probably because of bad coding in the originating websites. Firefox by contrast would only use a fraction of that amount of memory. At 26/03/2014 23:24, you wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Bill Troop <mailto:billtroop@xxxxxxxxbilltroop@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Your usage is probably quite light. On Wednesday, 26 March 2014, Harry Binswanger <mailto:hb@xxxxxxxxhb@xxxxxxxx> wrote: I'm running Chrome (latest version) on 32 bit Win 7 with no problems. but many of us prefer 64-bit systems I'm using Firefox (latest version) on 32 bit XP with no problems. Of course, I'm not streaming movies or playing games on it. Does that qualify as light usage?