Firefox vs. Safari

[Nostradamus1389]

Is it just me or does Firefox eat up more of the battery faster than Safari?

I noticed on the battery-left-timer that there was a huge difference between the two. Hmm.

 

[asdf542]

Firefox uses more battery because it forces the discrete card to activate. You can override this with a utility called gfxCardStatus.

 

[awer25]

Is it just me or does Firefox eat up more of the battery faster than Safari?

I noticed on the battery-left-timer that there was a huge difference between the two. Hmm.

Safari will use the integrated GPU and only switch to the dedicated one when needed. Firefox will only use the dedicated GPU.

Get gfxcardstatus to force one or the other.

EDIT: Sorry for the double answer - I was typing this when asdf posted

 

[Nostradamus1389]

Thanks to the both of you. Really appreciate it.

The difference was ridiculous though. I was getting 4-6 hours max with Firefox and about 7-9 with Safari haha

 

[DIMEZ]

is the also with 2008 macbook pro unibody?

 

[asdf542]

is the also with 2008 macbook pro unibody?

No, only machines with both an integrated and discrete GPU as well as automatic switching. Which would be the 2010 15"/17" and 2011 15"/17".

 

[MBP13]

Speaking of Firefox, is anyone else having horrible luck with Firefox 4? I've had to downgrade to Firefox 3.16 because I would constantly have to force quit the browser because I wouldn't be able to click another tab.

I'm having much more luck with Firefox 3.16!

 

[sambuev]

Chrome.

 

[awer25]

Speaking of Firefox, is anyone else having horrible luck with Firefox 4? I've had to downgrade to Firefox 3.16 because I would constantly have to force quit the browser because I wouldn't be able to click another tab.

I'm having much more luck with Firefox 3.16!

I'm having a ton of problems regarding Flash, but I haven't had to force-quit yet.

 

[OneUp]

Chrome.

Doesn't chrome force discrete graphics as well?

 

[mbp17xxx]

Doesn't chrome force discrete graphics as well?

Yes, also activates discrete card.

I would choose safari over firefox, firefox getting slower lately and crashes

 

[Locodice]

It's a shame Safari is so damn bad in comparison to Chrome.

I hope the new Safari in Lion is better.

 

[KwanMan]

Chrome ftw

 

[Wafflausages]

i switched to chrome from ff cause ff4 has some issues |:

 

[chipz]

Firefox vs. Safari

I have used Firefox in the past and liked it. That ended with the newest version of Firefox. Firefox 4 is so buggy that I just gave up and went with Chrome. Chrome is my favorite right now, although I still use Safari at times. Firefox has lost me as a user.