Web Browsers on MBP

[Kaze46]

Hi everyone, I currently have a mid 2010 macbook pro and I've been doing research on the matter of web browsers, now at first I used google chrome and then changed to safari, I like both but I have a bit a obsession. Currently Safari rises a lot on memory usage and thats with extensions off and chrome spikes the cpu from time to time. My question is which is the lesser of the two evils, memory hogging or cpu hogging on a laptop. (core i5 with 4gb ram)

 

[bozz2006]

Do you know what it is about Chrome that pegs the CPU? Is it Flash? That'd be my guess. You could install a little program called "Flashblock". I feel the same as you do about Safari. I like the browser but I tend to not close the application very often and I always have a lot of tabs open, and it just annihilates my RAM.

 

[Kaze46]

I have flash block on it, still spikes and cpu gets significantly hotter and also I'm running the latest version.
I would be happy if safari would just release the ram better, two tabs now, no flash video and its at 490 mb.

 

[InsanelyApple]

Just browsing the web and listening to Pandora causes my CPU to have 3% used on Chrome. (base 21.5" iMac 2010 model)
I have Adblock and Flashblock installed.

 

[Kaze46]

Just browsing the web and listening to Pandora causes my CPU to have 3% used on Chrome. (base 21.5" iMac 2010 model)
I have Adblock and Flashblock installed.

the cpu doesn't run hotter? .... even though it doesn't affect you (no battery)

 

[RafaelT]

My question is which is the lesser of the two evils, memory hogging or cpu hogging on a laptop. (core i5 with 4gb ram)

If your running on battery then memory hogging in the better one to go with.