PCWorld: How to Keep Your Browser from Hogging Resources
I’ve finally had it! I’ve lived with this problem for so long now that I started to believe it always existed and nothing could be done. My system, a dual-core, 4GB monster of a machine, slows down to a crawl. I bring up the Windows Task Manager only to find that my browser is at fault. I use both Firefox and Internet Explorer, and they are both offenders, though Firefox is the one that seems to hog the most: slowly grabbing processor and memory resources until my work stalls. I then must stop the process and recover the browser so that I can begin again. Sound familiar?
There are all sorts of theories on which browser is better or faster, and depending on whom you trust, you will find a different winner. I personally don’t care about the performance of each when I start the browser. After all, no matter which I choose, I end up in the same place: My browsing and computing experience slow to a crawl.