Safari using 1gb of RAM

[BigDrives]

Just like the title says.... Is this normal or a bug?

 

[alust2013]

It does that. Safari tends to be a pretty nice resource hog. Currently I am using FF with 4-5 tabs at a time and it's using just under 400MB.

 

[BigDrives]

It does that. Safari tends to be a pretty nice resource hog. Currently I am using FF with 4-5 tabs at a time and it's using just under 400MB.

 

[mmduluth]

I’m using Safari with 6 tabs and I’m at 548 mb.

 

[yousifabdullah]

Thank you for pointing this out, or else I wouldn't have noticed: http://twitpic.com/5v2jjc/full

8GB RAM under Snow Leopard was plenty for the various tasks I do, but my RAM seems to be filling up quickly in Lion. Nothing has changed as far as what I do on my computer... weird.

P.S. What is "Safari Web Content" and why does it take another gigabyte of RAM?

 

[BigDrives]

Thank you for pointing this out, or else I wouldn't have noticed: http://twitpic.com/5v2jjc/full

8GB RAM under Snow Leopard was plenty for the various tasks I do, but my RAM seems to be filling up quickly in Lion. Nothing has changed as far as what I do on my computer... weird.

P.S. What is "Safari Web Content" and why does it take another gigabyte of RAM?

I'm running 4 gigs and it never fills up all the way, usually 800 or so mb left. Still though, Safari is using a ridiculously high amount of RAM. Firefox isn't perfect either...

 

[And]

I switched to Chrome for this reason. It uses much less memory and is faster.

 

[daneoni]

Thank you for pointing this out, or else I wouldn't have noticed: http://twitpic.com/5v2jjc/full

8GB RAM under Snow Leopard was plenty for the various tasks I do, but my RAM seems to be filling up quickly in Lion. Nothing has changed as far as what I do on my computer... weird.

P.S. What is "Safari Web Content" and why does it take another gigabyte of RAM?

Its the rendering engine for Safari. Chrome is just as bad with time.

 

[Mr. Gates]

Have you tried Chrome ?

Safari is ok. It seems to play nicer with other core programs but if your just surfing the web... Well, chrome

 

[hehe299792458]

I'm running 4 gigs and it never fills up all the way, usually 800 or so mb left. Still though, Safari is using a ridiculously high amount of RAM. Firefox isn't perfect either...

unused ram is wasted ram

 

[adrian1480]

Safai with about 50 tabs open spread through 4 windows.

2.5GB used.

In FF, the same windows would use about 600MB less, as I recall. Just trying it out since it's been updated...but probably won't use it because it uses more ram than FF or Chrome.