On 1/17/07, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> Mario Lombardo wrote:
> > Seriously, I'm wondering how people run this browser. I have it on a
> > Duron 950MHz with 768MB of PC100 SDRAM. Ok so it's not a speed demon.
> > Other programs don't have an issue with it. The only reason I'm
> > going to upgrade the hardware is because of Firefox! It's just FF
> > that runs slow as can be. I run extensions, but as I recall, the same
> > issue occurs when I fire up the blank profile with no extensions. I'm
> > so frustrated. Does anyone have a miracle cure or tip on performance?
> >
>
> Mario, you gotta stop building those computers out of plywood and rubber
> bands! (Old and inside joke.)
>
> Seriously, no browser except maybe dillo is easy on the CPU and memory.
> I run on a 3GHz P4 with a gig of memory, and I have no speed problems
> with Firefox. So that's where I'd look for bottlenecks - CPU and memory.
>
> Paul
>
> --
> Paul M. Foster
>
Good times! lycan #1 (ran Coyote Linux Personal Firewall
http://www.coyotelinux.com) was decommissioned a year ago from a
lint-ridden laundry room. It still runs. If we ever get a museum,
I'm donating it (lint and all)!
CPU and memory seem to be the consensus. It frightens me to think
things have become so bloated. I'm not kidding. The Commodore 64 did
something right. What it is, I have no idea. Assembly, I've been
told, but I think it was more of the architecture. Sixty-four
kilobytes! That's just insane these days to even comprehend, yet it
worked... very well indeed.
/mario
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