Best browser for computer with 256MB of RAM

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migo

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  On 24/02/2011 at 10:03, amon91 said:

How about Maxthon? I don't use it myself but from past experience it's pretty light. Avoid going with an old browser, old browsers mean security problems and I wouldn't risk that on anything.

Maxthon Classic on Windows XP uses about 10mb of RAM, so yeah, good call there.

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Zer0_II

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  On 24/02/2011 at 21:14, Copernic said:

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Dillo is a multi-platform graphical web browser known for its speed and small footprint. Dillo-Win32 is an unofficial patched version with several new features, including:

* Support for Microsoft Windows 95 and higher

* Enhanced user interface with improved usability

* Easier installation—one standalone executable

http://dillo-win32.sourceforge.net/dillo/

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Pale Moon Project is a Firefox clone that has been optimized for for Windows Operating Systems with current, high performance processors. It looks identical to the standard Firefox browser and supports Firefox extensions, themes and identities. All your existing extensions, bookmarks and settings are imported during the installation, so, except for the logo, you won`t notice any difference in functionality. What you may notice however is a difference in speed due to the optimized code which will results in faster scripting and page rendering as well as (slightly) lower memory consumptions. Pale Moon is based on the Firefox source and offers the same levels of security. The program supports most Firefox features with the exception of accessibility features and parental control features which have been disabled for performance reasons.

http://www.palemoon.org/

Thank you so much for the Dillo link. I wanted to try it in the past, but found it too daunting of a task to go about compiling it. I wasn't aware that there was a standalone executable installer. Wouldn't Pale Moon be a poor choice for me though, considering it states above that it is optimized for systems with high performance processors, which I do not have?

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  On 01/03/2011 at 19:59, eilegz said:

opera 11, using it on an old pentium 4 1.6 ghz 192 of ram its working ok so far

I've actually been using Opera for a while, and it is noticeably faster than either Chrome of Firefox on my machine. I also ran the Peacekeeper benchmark tests for each of the browsers I had installed on my machine, including Opera, Chrome, Chromium, Firefox, Minefield, Internet Explorer 8, Lunascape, K-Meleon, Flock, Maxthon 3 and Classic. Opera trounced all of them. However, Opera still freezes up on me occasionally also. I wish that I could find a nice balance between rendering, RAM Usage, and UI. Aside from Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and K-Meleon all of the other browser render noticeably slower on my machine. Chrome, Firefox and Opera freeze up fairly regularly, although Opera freezes up the least of the big three. I need to try using IE 8 more often to see how it performs. To be honest I haven't given it a fair shake, but considering what myxomatosis wrote, it might actually be strike a nice balance between rendering and RAM usage.

K-Meleon renders fairly fast, but the default UI is hideous in my opinion, and even the "Green" theme, which is the one I find to be most tolerable, is still rather horrid looking. I tried installing K-MeleonCCF ME, which is an even more lightweight version of K-Meleon, but ran into installation problems every single time I tried to install it. I have yet to try out Dillo, Midori and Pale Moon, but I'm going to go ahead and install and test each of those now.

I'm still open for suggestions if anyone has any that haven't been mentioned. I have considered trying out Linux, considering I've read several articles that Linux will run fast on an outdated machine such as the one I'm using. I'm a little hesitant to do so considering I have absolutely no knowledge of it though. However, I've heard nice things about Linux Mint and Ubuntu. I'm not sure if my system even meets the minimum specs for either one though. Sorry, I realize I'm getting a bit off topic by bringing up Linux. I'll save that for a different thread.

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The topic here is what browser would run the best on the limited amount of RAM. If he doesn't want to buy more RAM, that's his deal. If you can't answer the question at hand, don't post in the topic.

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  On 23/02/2011 at 22:45, Zer0_II said:

I have an extra computer that I'm using simply to take care of homework while my girlfriend uses the main computer. Since I will primarily be using the computer to take online college courses and write papers I would like to have the quickest browser possible. It doesn't matter which brand, build, version the browser is, or whether or not it is portable. I just need to know which browser would run quickest on a system with only 256MB of RAM. The only type of browser I'm against using is a text browser, such as Lynx. My school's website requires me to have flash enabled, and possibly a few other plugins, so I can't use a browser that is too barebones. Aside from checking my school's website, I won't be doing much else with the computer. Please give me some recommendations, and thanks in advance.

Don't mean to be rude, but why don't you test it out and tell us about it??? unless you're in here just to spark a fire. 256mb of ram, what the f@ck are you running, win98? even ubuntu need more than that.

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  On 11/03/2011 at 20:48, flexkeyboard said:

Don't mean to be rude, but why don't you test it out and tell us about it??? unless you're in here just to spark a fire. 256mb of ram, what the f@ck are you running, win98? even ubuntu need more than that.

Uhm ,you're not the first to do that.

  On 07/03/2011 at 21:15, gigapixels said:

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The topic here is what browser would run the best on the limited amount of RAM. If he doesn't want to buy more RAM, that's his deal. If you can't answer the question at hand, don't post in the topic.

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It's not just going to be about the browser. I'm assuming your running XP on it. I've tried tons of browsers on a older system and they all perform about the same.

Download a copy of puppy linux and run that. If all you need is browsing capabilities then it's a snap to use. No linux knowledge needed. Everything will perform faster.

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  Zer0_II said:
The only type of browser I'm against using is a text browser, such as Lynx. My school's website requires me to have flash enabled, and possibly a few other plugins, so I can't use a browser that is too barebones.
You should either:
  1. Tell your school administrator to **** off and clean up their ****
  2. Use a browser that suits their agenda:
    • the native browser (Internet Explorer)
    • install a modern bare-bone browser like K-Meleon or Fennec

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  On 17/03/2011 at 11:32, Shaun. said:

The go down to PC world and buy more RAM browser.

more ram of course is better, but if he cannot, then he will have to make do with what he has. anyways, Chrome is memory hungry so no go on low ram. IE is usualy high ram consumption, Opera or Firefox would be a good suggestion.

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  On 24/02/2011 at 00:16, cloaked said:

this is a bit offtopic but geez, I remember not so long ago (2001?) that 256mb of ram was good, 512mb was solid and 1gb was on the high end. Now systems are coming with 4gb standard and I personally have 8gb on my laptop. :( makes me think what the ram requirements will be in 2020.

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I'm from the future,it's 16 gigs now,few years and it's gonna be 32 gigs and yet i'm still running 2 gb ram :D

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